Things that change in an experiment and thing that stay the same
What is the difference from a variable and an invariable?
100
As plates move past each other they build up stress and once they move past each other they rebound and back into shape
What is elastic rebound theory
100
Metal sphere which is lowered on cables to the deep ocean floor
What is Bathysphere
100
Surface Layer of atmosphere
What is Troposphere
100
Formation of the Moon
What is the Giant Impact Hypothesis
200
The difference in the data and a proposed explanation
What is variance and hypothesis
200
the point underground where the stress is released along a fault
What is a hypocenter
200
Flat-topped seamounts from erosion of waves
What is Guyots
200
Gases allow sunlight to heat the Earth and then they hold onto the heat
What is The Greenhouse Effect
200
Fragments of rock located mostly in between inner and outer planets
What is Asteriods
300
geology - study of slid earth
Astronomy- study of everything outside of earth
Meteorology- Study of atmosphere
Oceanology- study of the earth's ocean and water
What is Four branches of Earth Science
300
A scale based on the intensity of the damage from a earthquake
What Modified Mercalli Scale
300
Stronger High and Low Tides due to parallel alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth
What is Spring Tides
300
heat
What is Infrared
300
Earth-centered
What is geocentric
400
A conclusion that is not proven but believed true and a conclusion that is proven over and over
What is theory and law
400
A fluid’s ability to resist flow
What is Viscosity
400
Flattest regions on Earth, found on the deep ocean floor
What is Abyssal Plains
400
The measurement of how much light is reflected from any surface
What is Albedo
400
First and last stage of the moon
What is New Moon
500
The first day of fall and spring
What is Autumnal Equinox and Vernal Equinox
500
Rocks that form underground
What is Intrusive
500
The opposing force of gravity
What is Inertia
500
Man-made chemicals that destroy ozone
What is CFCs
500
Solar System was originally a “nebula” – cloud of dust and gas, the nebula is pulled to the center by gravity and begins to rotate, results in formation of the Sun and Planets, etc.