Metric System
Plate Tectonics - cycle 2
Engineering Design Process
Plate Tectonics - cycle 3
Vocabulary
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The unit used to measure mass.
What is grams.
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the leftover radioactive material produced by nuclear research, medical treatment, and other nuclear technology.
What is nuclear waste.
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What is the first step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Identify a Need.
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Plate tectonics is a(n) ______________.
What is scientific theory.
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________ volcano is a volcano that has had at least one eruption during the past 10,000 years.
What is active volcano.
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What is the abbreviation for grams?
What is g.
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The lithosphere is made up of what two layers?
What is upper mantle and crust.
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An engineer who deals with the science of SOUND and VIBRATION
Who is an Acoustical Engineer.
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Over geological time, Pangaea split apart and parts of it moved away to form today’s continents is known as ________________________.
What is Continental Drift.
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_______ is a scientist who studies volcanoes
Who is a volcanologists.
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What scientific equipment is used to measure volume?
What is a graduated cylinder.
300
Imagine a volcano erupting many times over a period of years. Which land form is most likely to result of volcanic eruptions?
What is a mountain.
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__________ is an early model built to a test a design or process.
What is a prototype.
300
Near the Earth's equator the temperature is what?
What is hot?
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____________ is the SMALLEST unit of volume.
What is milliliter.
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What is the prefix for a large unit.
What is kilo-.
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Where tectonics plates interact _______________ often form.
What are volcanoes.
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You want a small cell phone, but you also want the battery to last a week. This is called a...
What is a trade-off.
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Who came up with the idea of continental drift?
Who is Alfred Wegener.
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A _____________ is any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock.
What is a fossil.
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What unit is used to measure a small amount of liquid?
What is a milliliter.
500
What 3 materials can be used to store nuclear waste?
What is steel, lead and concrete.
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A limitation on the conditions of a design is referred to as what?
What is a design constraint.
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Theories can be ___________________.
What is disproven.
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A __________________ is a well-tested scientific concept that explains a wide range of observations.
What is a theory.
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