earth systems Flashcards
(19 cards)
weight/mass
Any properties that can be observed using the five senses or can be measured without changing the matter
physical properties
Any property that can be observed using the five senses or can be measured without changing the matter
solid
a state of matter that maintains it’s own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its container
liquid
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
conduct
It allows something like heat or electricity to flow through or pass through it easily
heat
Energy that moves from something hot to something cold or a form of energy
minerals
A substance found in nature minerals make up Rock
hardness
How easily or difficult it is to scratch and mineral surface
streark
the color of this of its powder when you rub it on a hard rough surface like
tiles
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
luster
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
cleavage
How some minerals break along smooth flat lines instead of randomly like when you crack an egg
scratch test
Where you try to scratch a rock with different objects like a fingernail or a penny to see if it’s hard or soft
rock
A natural before combination of mineral with other natural material
minerals
A solid natural rolling form substance that always has the same composition and the same properties
sediment
Dirt and stuff that settles to the bottom of liquids or this there is buried and then the posited by water wind or ice
sedmentary
Rock formed from compacted sediment
igneous
Rock formed from magma or lava
metamorphic
Rock formed from existing Rock heat and pressure causes the minerals to form new combination for new cycles