Scientific Thinking
Earth's Spheres
Weather and Climate
Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
Conservation of Energy
100
When the results of an experiment can be achieved by other scientists following the same steps, the experiment is this...
What is replicable?
100
The sphere of the Earth that contains all of the ice is called this...
What is the cryosphere?
100
These are the three ways heat is transferred...
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
100
Canyons and valleys are formed by this process...
What is erosion?
100
This kind of energy increases as an object gets higher off the ground...
What is gravitational potential energy?
200
Information we get from observations and experiments is called this...
What is empirical evidence?
200
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) is absorbed in the atmosphere by this...
What is ozone?
200
Toxic materials contaminating groundwater is a danger that can be caused by these...
What are sinkholes?
200
Florida has these kinds of dunes...
What is coastal?
200
This is the kind of energy a rolling bowling ball has...
What is kinetic energy?
300
In an experiment comparing plant growth to different fertilizers, the different kinds of fertilizer used in the experiment is called the...
What is the independent variable?
300
Earth's atmosphere is made mostly of these two gases...
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
300
The average temperature of a location over several decades is an example of this...
What is climate?
300
When marble statues are weathered by acid rain it is this kind of weathering...
What is chemical weathering?
300
This is the kind of energy a trampoline uses to spring a person back into the air...
What is elastic potential energy?
400
Powerful explanations of observations that are upheld by a large number of scientists are called...
What are scientific theories?
400
These are the 5 spheres of the Earth System...
What is Atmosphere, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Geosphere, and Hydrosphere?
400
When Earth's surface transfers heat to the air above it we call it this kind of heat transfer...
What is conduction?
400
This is the term used when rocks break down by rubbing against other rocks...
What is abrasion?
400
You get this when you add an objects potential energy and kinetic energy together...
What is mechanical energy?
500
When several experiments confirm a theory, and it clearly explains a phenomenon in the universe it is called this...
What is a scientific law?
500
Surface currents and waves are a result of an interaction between these two spheres...
What are the hydrosphere and the atmosphere?
500
This is one of the most dangerous problems left behind after a hurricane...
What is flood water?
500
The glaciers that covered North America in the last ice age were these kinds of glaciers...
What is continental?
500
If a car with a mass of 1000 kg is travelling at 0 m/s, this is it's kinetic energy... (Don't forget to include units!!!)
What is 0 joules?
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