Earth's History
Plate Tectonics
Rocks and Minerals
Using Energy and Heat
Nature of Science
100
Geologic time is divided into units based upon types of _________________
What is organism
100
The youngest rock on the ocean floor are located ______________.
What is at mid-ocean ridges
100
One of the softest minerals is ____________
What is Talc
100
A microwave oven heats food using whyat type of energy?
What is Radiant energy
100
What should a scientist do first if a hypothesis is not supported?
What is modify and revise hypothesis
200
A life-form in the Precambrian time was ________________.
What is cyanbacteria
200
The crust and upper mantle make up Earth's ___________
What is lithoshphere
200
This shows how one rock changes into another.
What is Rock cycle
200
In every energy transformation, some energy is always "lost" as __________ energy.
What is thermal
200
A research hypothesis includes the original hypothesis, a method of testing it, and a _______ that supports the hypothesis
What is prediction
300
Humans first appeared during the ____________ era
What is Cenozoic
300
Plates of the lithoshpere float on the ___________
What is asthenosphere
300
Foliated rocks are distinguished by _______________
What is layers
300
A photovoltaic converts __________ to electrical energy
What is radiant energy
300
An explanation of observations of events based on knowedge gained from many observations and investigations
What is Scientific theory
400
Two supercontinents, ____________ and _________, had warm shallow oceans near the shores.
What is Pangea and Rodinia
400
Plates slide past one another at _______________
What is Transform boundaries
400
Igneous rocks form from ________ and ________ when it cools.
What is magma and lava
400
Adding heat to matter causes the atoms to _________
What is Move faster
400
A pattern or an event in nature that is always true
What is Scientific law
500
During the great Proterzoic eon, the percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere changed from 3% to ______________.
What is 20%
500
Continental-continental plate collisions produce ___________
What is very tall mountains
500
Rocks are classified by ___________
What is the way they form
500
Name the three ways heat is transferred
What is conduction, convection, and radiation
500
Name the 3 branches of science
What is earth, life, and physical
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