Earth's system Flashcards
Physical properties
any property that can be observed using the five senses or ca be measures without changing matter.
Weight/ mass
Weight- how heavy an object is ( mass is how much “stuff” (matter) something made of)
Soild
A state of matter that maintains its own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its container.
conduct
It’s allows something like heat or electricity to flow pass through easily.
Heat
Energy that moves from something hot to something cold a form of energy.
Minerals
a substance found in nature minerals make up rocks.
Hardness
How easily or difficult it is to scratch a minerals surface.
streak
the color of its powder when u rub hard, rough surface like title
Titles
The colored powder left behind when a mineral is scrapped across a hard surface like a ceramic title which helps it identity the mineral by its “streak” color.
color
It’s what light reflects back to our eyes. minerals are colored because they absorb some colors light and reflects the rest.
luster
How shiny a rock or mineral looks when light shines on it like a mirror or glassy or even dull (luster is a physical property used by mineralogist to help identify minerals)
Cleavage
How some minerals break a long smooth, flat lines instead of randomly like when you pick up an egg.
Scratch test
When you try to scratch a rock with different objects (like a fingernail or a penny) to see if its hard or soft.
Rocks
A naturally formed combination of minerals and other natural materials.
Minerals
A solid, naturally formed substance that always has the same composition and the same properits
Sediment
The “dirt and stuff” that’s settles to the bottoms of liquids, or is carried and then deposited by water,wind or ice
Igneous
A rock formed of magma or lava
Metamorphic
