M Part 1 Quiz

An organism of microscopic or ultramicroscopic size.

• meteor
• mass
• microorganisms
• metamorphism

Any of the small particles of matter in the solar system that are directly observable only by their incandescence from frictional heating on entry into the atmosphere.

• meteor
• method
• matter
• meteoroid

The property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains causing it to have weight in a gravitational field.

• mantle
• mean
• mass
• magma

A change in the constitution of rock; specifically, a pronounced change affected by pressure, heat and water that results in a more compact and more highly crystalline condition.

• meteor
• metamorphism
• meteoroid
• microorganisms

A systematic procedure, technique or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular discipline or art.

• median
• meteor
• mean
• method

The sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of elements in the set.

• meteor
• mean
• mass
• median

The part of the interior of a terrestrial planet, especially the Earth, that lies beneath the lithosphere and above the central core.

• mantle
• magnetic reversal
• magma
• meteoroid

Material substance that occupies space, has mass and is composed of atoms consisting of protons, neutrons and electrons that constitutes the observable universe, and that is interchangeable with energy.

• mantle
• magnetic reversal
• matter
• meteoroid

Molten rock material within the Earth from which igneous rock results by cooling.

• mantle
• magnetic reversal
• magma
• meteoroid

The middle number or item in a set of numbers or objects arranged from least to greatest, or the mean of the two middle numbers when the set has two middle numbers.

• mantle
• magnetic reversal
• median
• meteoroid