Unit 2 (Systems of Matter and Energy) Review - Earth Science

What would you expect to happen to the temperature of the Earth if the tilt were greater that it is currently

• Winter will be colder, summer warmer

• Summer will be colder, winter warmer

• no change will take place

Rock made of layers of compressed sediments

• metamorphic rock
• igneous rock
• sedimentary rock
• school house rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Small pieces of rock are also called

• sediment
• coal
• organic matter
• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

How is sediment classified/grouped?

• By color
• By hardness
• By size

___________ is the color of powdered mineral.

• Luster
• Streak
• Fracture

_________ is how easily something can be scratched.

• specific gravity
• luster
• hardness

___________ describes how the mineral reflects light.

• cleavage
• magnetic
• luster

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

_____ is if something breaks into smooth flat layers.

• fracture
• cleavage
• streak

__________ is if a mineral breaks apart in a jagged or rough layer.

• cleavage
• luster
• fracture

Minerals are identified by observing their ___________.

• physical properties
• name
• location