Earth's System Flashcards
(15 cards)
Any property that can be observed using the five senses or to be measured without changing the matter.
Physical properties
Weight - how heavy an object is (mass is how much “stuff” (matter) something is made of)
weight/mass
A state of matter that maintains its own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its own shape instead of confroming to the shape of it’s container.
solid.
Something that can fall and takes the shape of its container like water or juice but it has fixed amount of space volume similar to how a salad stays the same size.
Liquid
It allows something like heat or electricity to flow or pass through it easily
Conduct
Energy that moves from something hot to something cold a form of energy.
heat
A substance found in nature, minerals makeup rocks
Minerals
How easily or difficult it is to scratch a mineral’s surface.
Hardness
The color of its powder when you rub it on a hard rock surface like a title
Titles
It’s what light reflects back to our eyes. Minerals are colored because they absorb some color of light and reflect the rest
Colors
How shiny a rock or mineral looks when white Shines on it like a mirror or a glassy or even doll Buster is a physical property used by mineralogy just to help identify minerals
luster
How some minerals break along smooth flat lines instead of randomly like when you crack an egg
Cleavage
When you try to scratch a rock with different objects like a fingernail or a penny to see if it’s hard or soft
Scratch test
Surface erosion weathering rapid Jurassic world changes Landslide volcano earthquake magnetic
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