MineralsEarth MaterialScientific Inquiry

Earth as a System

Earth Science Intro

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The Earth’s neighborhood

is called what?

– 10 Points

Astronauts are mostly

practicing which field of

Earth Science?

– 20 Points

Which field of Earth

Science would this image

represent?– 30 Points

How old is the Earth?– 40

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What is the term which

describes that the same

natural laws that exist

today are the same as

those which formed the

universe?

– 50 Points

A __________ is a series of

interacting parts forming a

complex whole. – 10 Points

This term refers to all of

the water on Earth

– 20 Points

Mushrooms would be a

part of which Earth

system?

– 30 Points

List the 3 main parts of the

geosphere.– 40 Points

Aluminum, iron, and coal

are example of what kind

of resources?

– 50 Points

This term refers to an

educated guess

– 10 Points

This series of steps are

often used to construct

well designed experiments

– 20 Points

After a hypothesis is

accepted by the scientific

community it might be

considered a what?

– 30 Points

At the end of a well-

designed experiment

there are only two

possibilities for the

hypothesis. What are

those two options?

– 40 Points

In order for a hypothesis

to be tested again, a

scientist must make their

experiment _____________.

– 50 Points

All things are made of

__________. – 10 Points

Protons and neutrons

combined can tell us what

about an atom? – 20 Points

A substance that consists

of two or more elements

which are chemically

combined is referred to as

a what?– 30 Points

This bond occurs when

electrons are shared

between metal ions.

– 40 Points

This term describes an

element that has the same

number of protons but a

different number of

neutrons– 50 Points

This term refers to

something that is not

derived from living things

– 10 Points

In order for something to

be considered a mineral,

what form must it be in at

Earth’s surface?

– 20 Points

Atoms or ions arranged in

a orderly manner are

referred to as a mineral’s

___________ structure.

– 30 Points

What is the chemical name

for table salt?

– 40 Points

What condition allows for

crystals to form from

magma

-50 Points