Scientific Method
What is the series of steps used to solve problems?
Scientific Method
Which process is an example of a physical change?
1) wood burning
2) iron rusting
3) ice melting
4) milk souring
3) ice melting
Energy from the sun reaches Earth mainly by the process of
Radiation
How are rocks classified?
How they form
Which of Earth's layers is the most dense?
Inner core
What tool do you use to find the mass of an object?
Triple Beam Balance
The elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, are all found in the same group (17) in the Periodic Table. The are grouped together because the react ____________.
Similarly
What process would cause a pencil to appear split or broken in a glass of water?
Refraction
How do you find the streak of a mineral?
Scratch the mineral on a streak plate
What are the 2 main pieces of evidence that support Continental Drift?
Fossils
What is the difference between an observation and inference?
Observation is made using the senses
Inference is the conclusion made based on observations
Look at the Periodic Table. What is one element similar to nitrogen.
Answers include: Phosphorus, arsenic, and antimony
Energy that causes phase changes and particles of a substance to move faster is called __________?
Heat
What type of rock contains fossils?
Sedimentary
What are the layers of the Earth from exterior to interior?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
What tool do you use to determine the volume of an irregularly-shaped object?
Graduated cylinder
Liquid
What would happen to the kinetic and potential energy as a child rides on a sled down a steep, snow-covered hill?
KE increases
PE decreases
What shows a chemical property of a mineral?
1) color and streak
2) luster
3) acid bubbling
4) cleavage and fracture
3) acid bubbling
Where are convection currents found in Earth?
What are the standards to which the outcome of the experiment are compared to?
Control
What happens to the particles of a substance as they are heated?
They move faster and spread apart
What is the sequence of energy transformations that occurs after a battery-operated flashlight is turned on?
chemical --> electrical --> light
Describe how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks form.
Igneous - melting and solidification of magma
Metamorphic - heat and pressure
Sedimentary - Weathering/Erosion and Compaction/Cementation
What caused Continental Drift?
Plate Tectonics