Science 1
What does a hypothesis have to contain in the sentence?
If and then
What are convergent plate tectonics?
Where two plates collide into each other
Where is the continental rise for the ocean floor?
As you come up from the bottom of the continental slope
Broken down rock mixed with mud, twigs, etc.
What is a watershed
The body of water that other water sources run in to (example: oceans)
What are the 5 steps to the Scientific Method?
Ask a question
Form a hypothesis
Test the hypothesis
Find the results
Make the conclusion
What are divergent plate tectonics?
Where two plates move in the opposite direction
What is salinity?
Amount of salt in a body of water
What is weathering?
Virginia's most valuable resource?
Coal
It gets darker
It gets colder
The pressure gets higher
What are transform plate tectonics?
Where two plates slide past each other
If yellow, blue, and green fish were swimming in the ocean, and the yellow fish swims 34 miles per hour, the blue fish swims 83 miles per hour, and the green fish swims 19 miles per hour, what can you say about the blue fish compared to the green fish?
The blue fish swims a lot faster than the green fish
What are types of movements in the ocean?
Tides, currents, waves
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A resource that cannot be made
What can you tell me about the depth (how deep) the ocean floor is? 2 things
The depth varies (it is different all over)
Nobody has explored even a small fraction of it
What are the 3 types of plate tectonics that cause earthquakes to occur?
Convergent, divergent, and transform
Which type of rock is formed when lava cools?
Igneous
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
What is a renewable resource?
Where is the continental slope
after the continental shelf, and goes downward
What part of the ocean is the abyssal plain?
Where the land stretches out flat
What type of rock is the last in the rock cycle, before it melts back into the magma?
Metamorphic
What is the deepest part of the ocean?
Trench
Give ways to conserve energy
Turn down the heat in the winter
Turn up the heat in the summer
Keep the lights out during the day
Ride a bike instead of a car