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WorksheetsUnit 2: Systems of Matter & Energy Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
The emission and propagation of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves; also moving subatomic particles.
Radiation
Mineral
Albedo
Convection
The transfer of heat or another form of energy from one particle of a substance directly to another.
Radiation
Density
Conduction
Convection
The movement of matter due to differences in density, can result in the transfer of energy as heat.
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The ratio of mass of a substance to the volume of the substance; commonly expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per liter for gases.
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The fraction of radiation that is reflected off the surface of an object.
Isotopes
Albedo
Mineral
Magma
Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
Albedo
Conduction
Accretion
Convection
One of two or more atoms that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
(a)
A substance that cannot be separated or broken down into simpler substances by chemical means.
(a)
A natural, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical properties.
Element
Mineral
Magma
Density
A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds.
Element
Sediment
Mineral
Compound
Rock formed by the compaction and cementing of layers of sediment.
Metamorphic rock
Magma
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Solid particle such as weathered rock fragments, materials from organisms, or minerals that settle out of solution, which are transported and deposited at or near Earth's surface.
Sediment
Magma
Mineral
Crystal
A solid whose atoms, ions, or molecules are arranged in a regular pattern, repeating pattern.
Crystal
Sediment
Igneous
Metamorphic
Rock that forms when magma cools and solidifies.
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Sedimentary rock
Sediments
Partially or fully melted rock produced under Earth's surface.
(a)
Rock that has been altered in structure or composition by heat, pressure, and chemical substances, usually deep in Earth's crust.
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock
Magma
The series of processes in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed, and forms again by geologic processes.
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The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back.
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A place or part of a system in which something collects or is collected.
Feedback loop
Albedo
Radiation
Reservoirs
Feedback that tends to amplify or increase a change and destabilize a process or system.
(a)
Feedback that applies the output against the initial conditions, which tends to counteract or reduce a change and stabilize process or system.
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Movement of a chemical through the biological and geological, or living and nonliving, parts of an ecosystem.
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