Thermal Energy
Which material is an example of a conductor?
a. metal
b. plastic
c. wood
a. Metal
What is an element?
a. a science word
b. a pure substance that cannot be broken down
c. a pure substance that can be broken down
b. a pure substance that cannot be broken down
What layer of earth do we live on?
a. mantle
b. crust
c. core
b. crust
What is the rock cycle?
a. when the rocks turn into mountains
b. when rocks change from one type to another
c. when rocks turn into magma
b. when rocks change from one type to another
What is the name of the giant landmass that formed millions of years ago?
a. Pandora
b. Planta
c. Pangea
c. Pangea
What kind of thermal energy happens when heat is transferred through touch?
a. convection
b. radiation
c. conduction
c. conduction
What kind of elements can be found in the atmosphere?
a. water and air
b. aluminum and water
c. nitrogen and oxygen
c. nitrogen and oxygen
Which layer of earth is made of liquid?
a. crust
b. inner core
c. outer core
c. outer core
What are the three types of rocks?
a. hard, soft, and shiny
b. intrusive, extrusive, and spotted
c. sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous
c. sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous
What does the theory of plate tectonics state?
a. earth has plates that move around the lithosphere
b. earth has earthquakes
c. earth used to be a giant continent
a. earth has plates that move around the lithosphere
What kind of thermal energy comes from the sun?
a. convection
b. radiation
c. conduction
b. radiation
What two elements make up most of earth's crust?
a. water and air
b. oxygen and silicon
c. aluminum and sulfer
b. oxygen and silicon
If we dug a hole to the center of the earth, what layer would that be?
a. mantle
b. crust
c. inner core
c. inner core
What is weathering?
a. when rocks get rained on
b. the breaking down of rocks, soil, and other minerals due to weather
c. when weather creates rocks
b. the breaking down of rocks, soil, and other minerals due to weather
Which plate do we live on?
a. South American plate
b. North American plate
c. Eurasian plate
b. North American plate
What type of thermal energy is happening when hot air rises and cool air sinks?
a. convection
b. radiation
c. conduction
a. convection
What elements are abundant in the oceans?
a. salt and silicon
b. water and air
c. oxygen and hydrogen
c. oxygen and hydrogen
What layer is the thickest?
a. mantle
b. crust
c. core
c. core
What type of rock can be compared to a cake with layers?
a. sedimentary
b. metamorphic
c. igneous
a. sedimentary
What type of plate boundary creates mountains?
a. divergent
b. convergent
c. tranform
b. convergent
Which material would help prevent the loss of heat?
a. iron
b. gold
c. plastic
c. plastic
Why is water NOT an element?
Water is a compound (two elements combined, hydrogen and oxygen h20)
What layer do the tectonic plates sit on?
a. core
b. lithosphere
c. mantle
b. lithosphere
What kind of rock is formed when magma cools?
a. sedimentary
b. igneous
c. metamorphic
b. igneous
Which contains only major tectonic plates?
a. North American plate, African plate, and Indo-Australian plate
b. Lithosphere plate, Continental plate, and Oceanic plate
c. Indian plate, Texas plate, and Dinner plate
a. North American plate, African plate, and Indo-Australian plate