Science Final
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baconlover149 on January 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks |
| Meteorology | the study of weather |
| Astronomy | the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Oceanography | Study of Earth's oceans |
| Scientific Method 1 | identify a problem |
| Scientific Method 2 | develop a hypothesis |
| Scientific Method 3 | research problem |
| Scientific Method 4 | test hypothesis |
| Scientific Method 5 | analyze data |
| Scientific Method 6 | draw conclusions |
| Scientific Method 7 | repeat |
| What is mass | anything that takes up space |
| Structure of an atom | protons neutrons electrons nucleus |
| Isotope | one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons |
| Molecule | two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds |
| Compound | a substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds |
| Mineral Characteristics | inorganic crystal structure formed naturally solid definite structure |
| Mineral Formation (1) | from a solution evaporating |
| Mineral Formation (2) | from magma cooling |
| Streak | the color of a mineral in powdered form |
| Luster | The way a mineral reflects light |
| Hardness | a measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched |
| Cleavage | the splitting of a mineral along smooth, flat surfaces |
| Fracture | the way a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way |
| Gems | pleasing to the eye |
| Ore | a metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined |
| Titanium | a light strong gray lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong light-weight alloys (as for airplane parts) |
| Basaltic Rock | composed of dark silicate minerals. it is smooth and velvety-black in appearance and very hard |
| Granitic Rock | Type of rock formed from magma which has a low magnesium and iron content. Tends to be light in color |
| Detrital | sedimentary rocks made from the broken fragments of other rocks that are compacted and cemented together |
| Foliated Rock | a kind of metamorphic rock in which heat and pressure arrange the minerals in the rock into layers |
| Folded Mountains | Mountains that form when tectonic movements squeeze rock layers together |
| Upwarped Mountain | mountains formed when Earth's crust is pushed up |
| Fault-Block Mountain | a mountain that forms where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock |
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