Earths system

Question 1

Physical properties

Answer 1

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

Question 2

weight/mass

Answer 2

Weight- how heavy 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 takes shape of its container, like water or juice, but it has a fixed amount of space (volume), similar to how a sold stays the same

Question 5

conduct

Answer 5

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

Question 6

heat

Answer 6

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

Question 7

minerals

Answer 7

A substance found in nature , minerals make up rocks

Question 8

hardness

Answer 8

how easily or difficult is to scratch minerals off the surface

Question 9

streak

Answer 9

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

Question 10

tiles

Answer 10

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

Question 11

luster

Answer 11

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 mineralogists to help identify minerals)

Question 12

color

Answer 12

its what light reflects back to our eyes. Minerals are colored because they absorb some colors of light and reflect the rest

Question 13

Cleavage

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Scratch test

Answer 14

where you try to scratch a rock with different objects(like a fingernail or penny) to see if its soft or hard