Unit 1: Science Basics
This variable is deliberately changed by the experimenter.
What is the independent variable?
Earth spinning on its axis is called this.
What is rotation?
The four layers of the Earth's interior (surface to interior).
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, inner core?
Rust forming on a rock is an example of this type of weathering.
What is chemical weathering?
This principle states that older rock layers are found below younger ones.
What is the law of superposition?
Earth's atmosphere from lowest to highest.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere?
These two things determine a region's climate.
What is temperature and precipitation?
The measured outcome in an experiment that may be affected by the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable?
This moon phase occurs when the entire lit side of the Moon faces Earth.
What is a full moon?
Heat transfer through direct contact is called this.
What is conduction?
This is the process that moves broken rock.
What is erosion?
This dating method uses fossils.
What is absolute dating?
This step of the water cycle results in cloud formation.
What is condensation?
When a surface reflects.
What is albedo?
In CER, what does each letter stand for?
What is claim, evidence, and reasoning?
Hotter stars appear this color; cooler stars appear this color.
What is blue?
What is red?
This plate boundary creates new crust.
What is divergent?
This process creates igneous rocks.
What is melting and cooling?
What is the Cenozoic?
This forms when two air masses collide.
What is a front?
This is Maine's climate zone.
What is continental?
Explain the difference between a theory and a hypothesis.
Hypothesis: testable prediction
Theory: well-supported explanation of observations
This is what causes seasons on Earth.
What is tilt?
This process causes plates to move on the Earth's crust.
What is mantle convection?
This process creates metamorphic rocks.
What is heat and pressure?
This feature shows the direction glaciers have moved.
What are drumlins?
The amount of solar radiation that gets reflected back into space from Earth.
What is 30%?
This cycle causes changes to Earth's orbit.
What is eccentricity?
Describes a consistent pattern in nature, but doesn't explain why.
What is a scientific law?
This is the reason some stars end their life cycle as black holes.
What is star mass? (Massive/Average)
This feature can be seen at both transform and divergent boundaries.
What is a rift valley?
This process creates sedimentary rocks.
What is compaction and cementation?
This is the first step to creating a fossil.
What is die?
Give an example of conduction, convection, and radiation.
Teacher will check.
Explain one complete cause-and-effect chain for climate change, and distinguish between adaptation and mitigation.
Teacher will check.