earth system

Question 1

physical properties

Answer 1

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

Question 2

weight/mass

Answer 2

weight- how heavy is an object is(mass is how much stuff (matter) something is made of).

Question 3

solid

Answer 3

a state of matter that maintains its own shape instead of conforming to the shape of its container.

Question 4

liquid

Answer 4

something that can flow and take the shape of it container like water or juice but it has a fixed amount of space volume similar to how a solid stays the same.

Question 5

conduct

Answer 5

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

Question 6

heat

Answer 6

energy that moves from something hot to something cold a form of energy.

Question 7

minerals

Answer 7

a substance found in nature, minerals are make up rock .

Question 8

hardness

Answer 8

how easily or difficult it is to scratch a minerals surface.

Question 9

streak

Answer 9

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

Question 10

tiles

Answer 10

the color powder left behind when a mineral is scraped across a hard surface like a ceramic tiles, which helps identify the mineral by its “streak” color.

Question 11

Color

Answer 11

It’s what light reflects back to our eyes. minerals are color because they absorb some colors of light and reflect the rest.

Question 12

Luster

Answer 12

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).

Question 13

Cleavage

Answer 13

How some minerals break along smooth, flat lines instead randomly like when you crack a egg.

Question 14

Scratch test

Answer 14

Where you try to scratch a rock with different objects (like a finger nail or a penny) to see if its hard or soft.

Question 15

Rocks

Answer 15

A naturally formed combination of minerals and other natural materials.

Question 16

Minerals

Answer 16

A solid naturally formed substance that always has the same composition and the same property’s.

Question 17

Sediment

Answer 17

the “dirt and stuff” that settled to the bottom of liquids or is carried and then deposited by water,wind,or ice.

Question 18

sedimentary

Answer 18

rock formed from compacted sediment

Question 19

igneous

Answer 19

rock formed from magma or lava

Question 20

Metamorphic

Answer 20

rock formed from the existing rock; heat and pressure cause the minerals to form a new combinations or new crystals