Thermal Energy
When temperature changes, thermal energy transfers from ________ to _____________.
What is hot to cold?
In which state of matter do molecules move the fastest?
What is gas?
Characteristics of an organism.
This natural event will sometimes follow plate motion.
What is an earthquake?
In 1995 a boulder was the size of a minivan. In 2022, the same boulder is the size of a small car. This change was caused by two things.
What is weathering and erosion?
When molecules stop moving completely, the temperature has reached this...
What is Absolute Zero?
What is temperature?
A graph used to study specific traits of a population over generations.
What is a histogram?
Use the image on the board:
When the plates converge, plate A will _________.
Plate B will _____________.
What is uplift/subduct?
Variable on the x axis of a graph.
What is the independent variable?
A large and small pot of water are boiled. They are removed from the stove and set aside for 15 minutes. What will happen to the temperature of the pots?
Both will decrease, but the large pot will have a higher temperature because it has more water, which means it has more molecules.
Use the graph on the board:
0 degrees Celsius is the melting point of water.
100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.
The state of matter at point A is...
What is a solid?
Animals physically adapt the surroundings to blend into their environment.
What is camouflaged?
The continent we now know as North America was combined with Africa, South America, and Europe once existed as a single continent called.
What is Pangea?
Balanced state in which a system is stable, such as when two or more samples are at the same temperature.
What is equilibrium?
A room temperature Gatorade is placed in the refrigerate. The temperate of the drink will _________, while the temperature of the fridge will ______________.
What is decrease/increase?
Use the graph on the board:
0 degrees Celsius is the melting point of water.
100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water.
The state of matter at point C is...
What is a liquid?
An adaptive trait of plants that helps increase their chance of survival against predators.
What are thorns?
This type of plate motion will cause new crust to form.
What is a divergent boundary?
Controlled mating of domesticated animals to obtain offspring with superior genotypes
What is selective breeding?
Mrs. Geraci's students are investigating two different heating systems to see which will heat the school best. One heating systems stores a large amount of water, the other stores a smaller amount. What can her students use to create an investigation that will help them make this comparison?
What is one large cup of water and one small cup of water?
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that...
Give an example of an adaptive trait. Describe what makes it an adaptive trait.
Answers will vary.
All plate motion/activity is caused by this natural process occurring in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
The changing of the structure of a gene.
What is a mutation?