A

B

C

CHANGE
to convert to something else
CHEMICAL CHANGE
a charge that is permanent in nature, that changes the internal chemistry of a substance
COMPOUND
made of two or more elements like or unlike elements

CONGLOMERATE
sedimentary rock made of various pieces of rock larger than sand size 
COOL
not hot
CRYSTAL
charactiristics geometric shape that a substance can assume

D


 DENSE
a lot of matter in a small place
DENSITY
amount of matter that occupies a constant space
DINOSAUR
extinct animal that lived between 225 and 65 million years ago

DRAGON
a fictional, lizard-like, fire breathing creature		    

E


 ELEMENT
a sudstance that can not be split into smaller chemical substances
EXTINCT
gone forever		  

F


FLAT
smooth and even
FOSSIL
remains of any organism that lived in the past
 FOOTPRINT
an imperission left by a foot or a shoe

G


 GAS
a state of matter that is not a liquid or a solid
GLASSY
clear and shiny like glass and transparent		  GNEISS
a coarse grained metamorphic rock; minerals found in different layers

GRANITE
an igneous rock formed inside of the earth with large minerals		    

H


 HARD
firm, not yeilding to pressure
HOLE
small are large openings within objects
HOT
having great heat or high tempature

I


 IGNEOUS
rocks formed by heat or fire that have melted, cooled, and hardened
 IMPRESSION
a mark impressed on or into an object
LAFLAT
smooth and evenFLAT
smooth and evenYER
sheets on top of each other
 LIGHT
easy to pick up, not heavy ; also kind of electromagentic radiation 		  LIQUID
not solid are gas		  

J

K

L

M


MARBLE
a metamorphic rock used as a decoration for floors and buildings,made of calcite
MATTER
something that ocupies space and has weight
 METAMORPHIC
rocks changed by tempature and pressure within the crust of the earth

MINERAL
an naturally occuring, inorganic, crystalline substance that is made up of elements		    

N

O


OBSIDIAN
a volcanic rock that looks like glassusually black but color can range from dark to light sometimes banded		    

P


PERIODIC TABLE
chart of the elements that arranges all the known elements on the basis of increasing atomic number		  PURE
made completly from one substansce		  

Q

R


 ROCK
a solid mixtures of minerals and chemicals, the hard part of the earths crust		    

S


 SANDSTONE
a rock made from cemented sand		  SCHIST
a metamorhic rock with layered, flat minerals		  SCORIA
a red volcanic rock that is light and porous

SEDIMENTARY
rocks formed by cemented particles or chemical reactions in or near water
SHALE
sedimentary rock that splits easily into layers		  SOFT
not hard or firm
SOLID
a state of matter that is neither liquid or gas, substance with an internal crystalline structure

T


 TRACK
marks left by people, animal, and things		    

U

V


VOLCANO
a mountain are hill with openings through hich lava and gases are or have been expelled		    

W


 WATER
a colorless, odorless, tasteless, liquid that is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen		    

X

Y

Z