Exam 3: Matter

In an ionic bond,

A mineral's tendency to break in preferred directions along bright, reflective planar surfaces is called __________.

There are transitions between solid and liquid within the Earth that occur without changes in composition.

A ____________ is a continuous body with planar surfaces, while a _____________ is embedded in a larger rock.

When regolith contains organic matter, it is:

In the three states of matter, ____________ takes the shape of the container and also fills the volume of the container; ____________ takes the shape of the container but has a fixed volume; while ____________ keeps its shape and has a fixed volume.

A thin section is often used to examine the ____________ of a rock.

Which of the following is not an example of a lipid?

Which property is always the same for a given mineral?

The example of water and oil in the same container that are separated is an example of two phases existing together with only one state.

In biogeochemical cycles, the material in these cycles _________________ and the energy that drives these cycles ______________.

Water and lava are both liquids.

A naturally occurring ___________ is fog.

The thick shell of dense, rocky matter that surrounds the Earth's core is called the __________ .

Which of the following is a carbohydrate?

The term __________ is specifically applied to compounds consisting of carbon atoms that are joined to other carbon atoms by a strong type of bond called a covalent bond.

DNA is an example of a:

__________ form when one or more kinds of anion combine chemically with one or more kinds of cation in a specific ratio.

Metamorphic rock cannot be formed from igneous rock.

An atom is the smallest individual particle that retains the distinctive properties of a given chemical element and cannot be split into smaller components.