Vocabulary
To provide evidence that goes against a claim
Refute
What is water made of?
Moleclues
They saw a circle of darkness blocking the stars.
What is the pattern of the surface and deep ocean currents called?
It's called the global Conveyor
What does the ocean always do?
it moves place to place, carrying objects whenever it goes
What groups together in a partular way?
A molecue
what was the canyon formed by?
flash floods
How can one side of the moon be dark and bright?
It's because the moon does not make it's own light
Why is the water from the equator salty?
It's salty because the heat made the water evaporate, leaving salt behind.
What covers 71% of our planets ?
The ocean
Configuration, paradigm, motif, and matrix.
pattern
What is Iceland also known for?
it's fiery volcanoes
If the moon doesn't make it's light then where does it come from?
The light comes from the sun
How does the global conveyor begin?
Surface ocean current carrying warm water, it absorbs a lot of energy from chilly waters, etc/
How did shoes wash upon japan's, Oregon, and hawaii's beaches?
The shoes made their way on the beach because of the ocean currents.
Refers to a pair of genes where one is dominant and one is recessive, they are different.
Heterozgous
How much gallons fall over the Niagara falls every second?
75,000 gallons/ 283,900 lilters
How much is one day - night cycle on the moon?
29.5 earth days.
What takes a complete trip around the world?
Dense sinking water that pushes water and keeps going.
What is gyres?
A giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water to place to place in a circle.
The branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants
paleontology
how does a flash flood start?
The hard, dry desert ground can't absorb all the water. So the water flows quickly becoming a flash flood.
How long does a moonquake last?
30 minutes
How much gold is estimated in the ocean?
Over 20 million tons of gold dissolved in the ocean.
How would it be without currents?
Without these currents distributing heat, the equator would be extremely hot, making the poles colder, making far less of earth's inhabitable.