Nature of Science
Weather
Earth's system
Earth's Layers
Solar System
Earth-Sun - Moon
Universe
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A statement that be tested through a scientific investigation
A hypothesis
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Which label in the diagram identifies precipitation?
C
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Starting at the volcano, what are the 3 rocks in order of the rock cycle.
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
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What are the layers of the Earth?
Crust/Upper Mantle
Lower Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
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Which Planet is the arrow pointing to?
Earth
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The diagram shows Earth's orbit around the sun. How long does it take Earth to complete this motion?
1 year, 365 days
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What stage is our sun in for life cycle of a star?
Main Sequence
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The pie chart represents how much water is used by the average american. What 2 activities uses about 50% of the water used?
Toilet and Clothes Washer
200
Energy from the sun must go through the atmosphere before it reaches Earth. Gases in the atmosphere reflect visible light away from Earth Trapping radiation near Earth's surface. This is known as...
Greenhouse Effect
200
Benny is traveling up into the mountains to see snow for the first time. As he looks out at all the snow, he wonders what will happen next. What is most likely to happen after the snow falls?
IT collects in rivers, lakes and streams
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The Lithosphere is made up of what layers of the Earth?
The Crust and upper mantle
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Which planet has the shortest distance to travel around the sun?
Mercury
200
What causes the the cycle of day and night on Earth?
The Spin of the Earth (rotation)
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Billions of stars and objects in orbit around them, gas and dust represents what?
Galaxy
300
What are the 6 steps of the scientific Method?
Question, Hypothesis, Design Experiment, Gather and Analyze Data, Conclusion, Share Results
300
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the state of the atmosphere at any given time.
Climate is the weather found in a certain place over a long period of time.
300
Caroline opened a map to complete her homework by identifying some of the landforms she had learned. She noticed a particular landform reaching from florida all the way up to massachusetts. What type of landform is this?
Coastal Plain
300
What is the core made up of?
Iron and Nickel
300
What keeps the moon in orbit around the Earth and the Earth in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
300
What event is being portrayed in the image?
Lunar Eclipse
300
The HR diagram represents what?
The relationship between the brightness of the star and its temperature.
400
A scientific theory is ...
Supported by evidence and widely accepted by the community
400
Hurricanes start due to the water temperature rising and becoming warmer. How does this occur?
The winds off of Africa blows and brings sand on the wind falling into the ocean causing the temperature in the ocean to warm up.
400
Name the 4 types of Mechanical Weathering
Abrasion, Freezing and thawing, Animal Actions, Plant growth
400
What layer holds the convection zone?
Mantle
400
Name the 4 Gas Giants
Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
400
What causes the Cycle of Seasons?
Earth's revolution around the sun.
400
Light travels at a constant speed of about 300,000 km/s. This speed is referred to as the speed of light.
A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. One light year is equal to 9.46 trillion kilometers. The Closest star to Earth, Other that the sun is Proxima Centauri. How long will it take
4.2 light years
500
J.P. and Rosa investigate ways to grow tomatoes. They use three types of tomato plants and different amounts of fertilizer. They water each plant with 20 mL water every other day. They record the growth rate of each plant in the table below.
J.P. and Rosa decided that the Big Boy and Beefsteak tomatoes grew the best, but their results cannot be reproduced. Which mistake did they make.
They should have only changed the plant or the amount of fertilizer not both!
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What is the difference between Erosion and Weathering.
Weathering – process that breaks down rock and other substances of Earth’s surface
Erosion – removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice or gravity
500
What are the 3 forms of Tectonic Plates and how do they move.
Transformation/Strike-split - slide past each other
Divergent - Two plates move away from each other
Convergent - Two plates move towards each other
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Why is the Earth's inner core solid while the outer core is liquid?
The pressure and gravitational pull
500
What do all the planets share in common?
They orbit the sun
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What is the difference between a waxing Moon and a waning Moon?
Waxing is more of the moon becoming visible
Wanning is more of the moon disappearing
500
How did NASA benefit the florida economy?
Provided more jobs and billions of dollars in revenue