earth systems Flashcards

(19 cards)

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weight/mass

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Any properties that can be observed using the five senses or can be measured without changing the matter

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physical properties

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Any property that can be observed using the five senses or can be measured without changing the matter

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solid

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a state of matter that maintains it’s own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its container

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liquid

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Something that can flow and takes the shape of its container like water or juice but it has a fixed amount of space volumes similar to how a solid stays the same size

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conduct

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It allows something like heat or electricity to flow through or pass through it easily

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heat

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Energy that moves from something hot to something cold or a form of energy

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7
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minerals

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A substance found in nature minerals make up Rock

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hardness

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How easily or difficult it is to scratch and mineral surface

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streark

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the color of this of its powder when you rub it on a hard rough surface like

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10
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tiles

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The colored powder left behind like a mineral is great to cross the hard surface like a crown neck tile which helps different too than identify the mineral by it’s streak color

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luster

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How shiny a rock or mineral books when it like Shines on it like a mirror of or glass or even though luster as is a physical property used by meteorologists or identify minerals

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cleavage

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How some minerals break along smooth flat lines instead of randomly like when you crack an egg

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scratch test

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Where you try to scratch a rock with different objects like a fingernail or a penny to see if it’s hard or soft

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14
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rock

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A natural before combination of mineral with other natural material

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15
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minerals

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A solid natural rolling form substance that always has the same composition and the same properties

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16
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sediment

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Dirt and stuff that settles to the bottom of liquids or this there is buried and then the posited by water wind or ice

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sedmentary

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Rock formed from compacted sediment

18
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igneous

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Rock formed from magma or lava

19
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metamorphic

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Rock formed from existing Rock heat and pressure causes the minerals to form new combination for new cycles