Transcript Composition of the Earth

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The number of protons of an element
is known as the _________.
Atomic Number
The part of an atom NOT found
in the nucleus is the _____.
Electron
The type of bonding when one atom
gives up electrons and another atom
gains electrons is ______.
Ionic Bonding
Sodium Chloride is an example of a
compound which has ___ bonding.
Ionic
Mass Number refers to an atom’s
number of ________.
Protons and Neutrons
The way a mineral reflects light is
called ______.
Luster
A mineral’s resistance to scratching
is called its _________.
Hardness
If a mineral breaks along parallel
plains producing flat surfaces, it is
said to exhibit _______.
Cleavage
What is a mineral’s streak?
The color of the mineral’s powdered
form.
The mineral with hardness of 10 on
Mohs Hardness Scale is _____.
Diamond
The type of rock formed from
cooling magma or lava is _____.
Igneous
The rock type formed from
additional heat and pressure
“changing” the previous rock is ___.
Metamorphic
Igneous rocks with large crystals
cooled where?
Underground
Metamorphic rocks which show
layers or bands are said to be ___.
Foliated
Chemical, Clastic, and Organic are
all types of what rock type?
Sedimentary
The difference between
Conglomerates and Breccias is
_______.
Shape of the grains.
Igneous rocks that cool fast are
known as ________.
Extrusive
Conglomerates, breccias, sandstones,
and shales are all types of ____
sedimentary rock.
Clastic
Fossils would be most likely to be
found in which rock type?
Sedimentary
Pumice, scoria, rhyolite, basalt, and
obsidian are all what type of igneous
rock?
Extrusive
The energy source in which a dam
plays a key role is _____.
Hydroelectric
Acid precipitation results from the
burning of ______.
Fossil Fuels
What happens inside nuclear
reactors to produce energy?
Splitting of the nuclei of atoms.
Heating a house by facing the
windows to the southwest is known
as _______ solar heating.
Passive
The most abundant fossil fuel in the
world is _____.
Coal