Strongest earthquakes usually occur near ________________________________ boundaries
What is convergent?
100
An ________________________________ eruption that produces a lot of ash and produces pyroclastic material.
What is explosive?
100
________________________________ moving through an ecosystem can be represented by a food chain, energy pyramid, or a food web.
What is energy?
100
The San Andreas fault is an example of a ________________________________ boundary.
What is transform?
200
________________________________ is the ancient continent that contained all the landmasses.
What is Pangaea?
200
____________ waves can not pass through liquid.
What is S-waves?
200
______________________________________ is a theory that helps explain the causes of both earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is Plate tectonics.
200
________________________________ is the living parts of the environment and ________________________________ is the non-living parts of the environment.
What is biotic/abiotic.
200
The stronger the earthquake, the ______ frequent it may occur.
What is less?
300
Tectonic plates are able to move on the ________________________________.
What is the asthenosphere?
300
________________________________ rebound causes the ground to move during an earthquake.
What is elastic?
300
Volcanoes are most likely to form along _______________________ .
What is plate boundaries.
300
Resources such as water, food, or sunlight are more likely to be limiting factors when a population is approaching the _______________________________________.
What is carrying capacity
300
________________________________ are at the base of the energy pyramid.
What is producers?
400
Mid-ocean ridges are associated with ________________________________ boundaries.
What is divergent boundaries?
400
The bending of rock causes ______________________________________
What is deformation?
400
______________________________________, takes many forms, such as volcanic bombs, volcanic blocks, and ash.
What is pyroclastic material?
400
A ___________ is the environment an organism lives in. A _____________is the role the organism plays in an ecosystem.
What is habitat/niche.
400
Continental mountain ranges are usually associated with ________________________________ boundaries.
What is convergent?
500
Anticlines and synclines are the result of ________________________________.
What is folding?
500
The ________________________________ of an earthquake may be far below the Earth’s surface.
What is epicenter?
500
Explain the difference between magma and lava.
What is magma - molten rock beneath earth's surface
Lava - magma above earth's surface.
500
Name and define the 3 kinds of symbiosis.
What is mutualism - both organisms benefit.
commensalism - one benefits/one unaffected.
Parasitism - one benefits/one harmed.
500
Sequence the 6 steps of the scientific method.
What is 1. ask a question. 2. form hypothesis 3. test hypothesis 4. analyze results 5. draw conclusions 6. communicate results