Scientific Inquiry
Maps 'n Such
Rocks and Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
100
The factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable is called the
What is responding variable.
100
What kind of slope do closely spaced contour lines represent?
What is a steep slope.
100
The color of a mineral's powder.
What is streak.
100
The correct order of Earth's interior layers.
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.
100
S waves are also known as
What is secondary waves.
200
During an experiment, if you purposely change the temperature to test the hypothesis, the temperature is called the
What is the manipulated variable.
200
The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is called
What is longitude.
200
If you broke a mineral into tiny pieces, each piece's density would be the
What is same.
200
Heat transfer within a fluid takes place by
What is convection.
200
Compared to P waves and S waves, surface waves move
What is slower.
300
A summary of what you have learned in a scientific experiment is called a(n)
What is a conclusion.
300
The contour lines that represent the top of a hill form
What is a closed loop.
300
Magma that cools very slowly deep beneath Earth's surface forms minerals with what type of crystals?
What is large crystals.
300
In a normal fault, the part of the fault that lies below the other part.
What is the footwall.
300
What type of earthquake wave can travel through both solids and liquids?
What is P waves.
400
The part of the Earth system that includes the solid, rocky, outer layer is the
What is the lithosphere.
400
If one centimeter on a map represents 10,000 cm on the ground, the scale of the map is
What is 1 : 10,000.
400
Which type of mine often has a network of tunnels that extend deep into the ground, following the veins of an ore?
What is a shaft mine.
400
In sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts where?
What is along mid-ocean ridges.
400
The place where two plates come together is called a
What is convergent boundary.
500
What is technology? Provide 3 examples.
What is anything that improves the way we live / altering the natural world to meet a need. ex) pen, binoculars, computers
500
The point on Earth's surface having zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude would be located where?
What is where the equator crosses the prime meridian.
500
What process removes the metal from an ore?
What is smelting.
500
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep ocean trench and back into the mantle is called
What is subduction.
500
Most geologists think that movement of Earth's plates is caused by what?
What is convection currents in the mantle.
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