Rocks & Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Weathering & Erosion
Astronomy
Hydrology & Meteorology
100
Tessa found several different types of rocks in a river. What will all of the rocks contain?
What are minerals
100
The theory that Earth's layers are broken into pieces that float on top of the asthenosphere.
What is the theory of plate tectonics
100
What kind of weathering would be most common in the rainforest?
chemical weathering
100
What space object burns up in the Earth's atmosphere and is know as a "shooting star"?
What is a meteor
100
What has the most influence on ocean tides?
What is gravity between the Earth and the Moon
200
What can be found in sedimentary rocks but never in metamorphic or igneous rocks?
What is the presence of fossils
200
Fossils of an ancient fernlike plant have been found on several different continents. Who said these fossils helped prove that the continents were once joined.
Alfred Wegener
200
As a farmer grows crops, nutrients in the soil are used and depleted. To add more nutrients to the soil, what should the farmer add to the soil?
What is decomposed organic matter
200
Between what two planets is the asteroid belt located?
What is Mars and Jupiter
200
What causes one ocean or part of one ocean to be more salty than another?
What is rate of evaporation
300
What is necessary to change an igneous rock into a sedimentary rock?
What is weathering, erosion, and cementation
300
What action in the Earth's mantle causes the plates to move?
What are convection currents
300
From the winter to the spring a boulder develops a huge crack in it. What most likely caused the crack in the rock?
What is water had frozen and thawed inside the rock
300
Which movement causes the position of the stars in the sky to change?
What is the rotation of Earth on its axis.
300
When heat from the Sun unevenly warms the Earth's surface, warm air risies and cooler air rushes in. This is a description of
What is how winds are created.
400
What cycle causes all rocks to be able to change to any other type of rock?
What is the rock cycle
400
When the sea floor spreads apart, volcanoes and ridges are formed because
What is as the plates spread apart, magma moves to the surface, building ridges
400
What process formed the Grand Canyon?
What is water erosion
400
What causes our seasons to change?
What is the earth rotating on its axis at 23.5 degrees and revolving around the Sun
400
On the ocean floor, where would you most likely find evidence of tectonic plate movement?
What is the mid ocean ridge.
500
Explain how each type of rock is formed? (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic).
What is Igneous-magma or lava cooling and hardening Sedimentary- rocks being weathered, eroded, deposited, cemented, and compacted Metamorphic- adding heat and pressure
500
Describe the reason humans cannot travel to the center of the Earth
What is because temperature, density, composition, and pressure would all increase to levels that would squash our bodies!
500
What is the difference between weathering, erosion, and deposition?
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks into sediment. Erosion is the carrying away of sediment by wind, water, ice, and gravity. Deposition is the dropping of sediment in a new location.
500
Explain the difference between the Geocentric and Heliocentric models of the Universe Which model was correct?
What is the Geocentric model was set with everything revolving around the Earth. The Heliocentric model was set with the Sun in the middle. The Geocentric model has the correct setup.
500
Name and describe the stages of the water cycle.
What are; evaporation-water turns to vapor condensation-water vapor condenses in the atmosphere creating clouds precipitation-condensed water droplets become too heavy and fall from the sky runoff- water runs into oceans, rivers, and seas
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