Earths system Flashcards
Any property that can be observed using five senses or can be measured without changing the matter.
Physical properties
( ) how heavy an object is (___ is how much stuff (matter) something is made of).
Weight/mass
A state of matter that maintains its own shape of its container.
Solid
Something that can flow and takes the shape of its container.
Liquid
It allows something like heat or electricity to pass through it easily.
Conduct
Energy that moves from something hot to something cold, a form of energy.
HEAT
A substance found in nature, ( ) make up rocks.
Minerals
How easily or difficult it is to scratch a mineral’s surface.
Hardness
The color of its powder when you rub it on a hard, rough surface like a tile.
Streak
The colored powder left behind when a mineral when a mineral is scraped across a hard surface like a ceramic ( ), which helps identify the mineral by its streak color.
Tiles
It’s what light reflects back to our eyes. Minerals are colored because they absorb some ( ) of light and reflect the rest.
Color
How shiny a rock or mineral looks when light shines on it.
Luster
How some minerals break so smooth.
Cleavage
When you scratch a rock with different objects.
Scratch test
A naturally formed combination of minerals and other natural materials.
Rocks
A solid naturally formed substance.
Minerals
The dirt and stuff that settles to the bottom of liquids.
Sediment
Rock formed from compacted sediment.
Sedimentary
Rock formed from magma or lava.
Igneous
Rock formed from existing rock.
Metamorphic
