Energy
When hot matter rises and cold matter sinks
What is convection?
The three main types of tectonic plate boundaries
What are convergent, divergent, and transform?
This is the state of matter with the LOWEST heat energy
What is SOLID?
The density of a block with a VOLUME of 40 cm3 and a mass of 80 g.
What is 2 g/mL?
The unit of power
What is a Watt?
The energy found in a brick, when raised high above a studebaker's head
What is gravitational potential energy?
What is a transform boundary?
This state of matter has no definite shape or volume
What is gas?
The density of water
What is 1 g/mL?
The interaction between two POSITIVELY charged objects
What is repulsion?
What is "to repel"?
The state of water at 45 degrees Farenheit
What is liquid?
The name for the earth's outermost layer, including the crust, tectonic plates, and upper portion of the mantle
What is the lithosphere?
This is an aspect of matter that does not change, no matter how much of it you have
What is a characteristic property?
The three subatomic particles in an atom
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
The force that slows the current of electricity
What is resistance?
Light energy bending as it passes through matter
What is refraction?
In this kind of boundary, two plates pull away from each other, allowing magma to rise from below
What is a divergent boundary?
The reduction of temperature resulting from the evaporation of a liquid
What is evaporative cooling?
What is an independent variable?
A battery has 30 volts and powers three light bulbs. Each bulb has a resistance of 1 ohm. This is the total current
What is 10 amperes?
The highest energy wave on the electromagnetic spectrum
What is gamma radiation (or gamma rays)?
In a continental-oceanic boundary, the denser oceanic plate sinks underneath the less dense continental plate.
What is subduction?
Examples of this type of property include odor, shape, color, and density
What are PHYSICAL properties?
Water's ability to stick to itself
What is cohesion?
The name for when a particle has zero charge
What is NEUTRAL?