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What is earths core made of?
Metal (iron and nickel)
A students sorts and categorizes a group of minerals based on their characteristics. This process is called ___________________.
Classification.
The earth spinning on its axis to create day and night is also known as the earth's __________.
Rotation
There is more energy in a gas or a solid?
Gas
When one light bulb on a string of christmas lights goes out, the whole strand stops working. Why?
The circuit is broken.
When two techtonic plates push together, it can create which type of land forms?
Mountains and Valleys
Are rocks classified by their material, their appearance, or the way they were formed?
The way they were formed.
The earth travels all the way around the sun every 365 days, creating the effect of the seasons. This is known as the Earths' ___________ around the sun.
Revolution
I put cold water in a tea pot and then heat it on the stove to make myself tea. Are the particles moving faster in the tea pot before I heat the water or after.
After the water is heated the particles move faster
Electricity in your home requires an energy source. List as many energy sources as possible:
Batteries
Solar
Wind
Fossil Fuels
At the top and bottom of the earth are the north and south pole. Around the center of the earth is called what?
There are 3 types of rocks. IGNEOUS, METAMORPHIC and SEDEMENATARY. Which type of rock is formed at the surface from the simple accumulation of materials?
Sedementary.
How long does it take the moon to revolve around the earth?
a month
Will a solid dissolve in a cold liquid or a warm liquid faster?
Warm
I've got a baseball in my hand and I am about to throw it. What type of energy does the baseball have?
POTENTIAL
Compasses work because the magnetic arrow inside is always pointing in which direction?
NORTH
There are 3 types of rock. IGNEOUS, METAMORPHIC, and SEDEMENTARY. Which type of rock is formed by the heat of fire. Usually because it is closest to the molten lava core of the earth or because it was near the eruption of a volcano?
IGNEOUS.
Which force keeps planets and moons in their orbit?
Gravity
On a periodic table, elements are organized by their characteristics in GROUPS. Groups are clumped together as columns or rows?
Columns
I just threw a baseball and it is flying through the air. What type of energy does the ball have?
Kinetic
Around the metal core of the earth is this liquid layer?
The molten lava core
There are 3 types of rock, IGENOUS, METAMORPHIC, and SEDEMENTARY. Which type of rock is usually in the middle layers of the earth and is formed through the pressure and heat of other layers of earth pressing against it?
METAMORPHIC
Which variables could affect the way an object is traveling?
Speed, mass, force.
Molecules are made of _________.
Atoms
Two bar magnets are placed next two eachother with their north ends facing eachother. Will they repel or attract?