Scientific Theory
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Tectonic Plates
Atmosphere
100
An organized way to collect and record scientific observations is called?
What is a data table.
100
The 3 types of seismic waves is called?
What is P-waves, S-waves, and surface waves?
100
An opening in the Earth's surface where lava and hot gases from inside erupts.
What is a volcano?
100
Heat transfer within the earth takes place by what process?
What is convection/convection currents?
100
What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
What is nitrogen?
200
A summary of what you have learned from a scientific experiment is called...
What is a conclusion?
200
The ability to do work is called?
What is energy?
200
A volcano that will not erupt again is a _____________ volcano?
What is an extinct volcano?
200
What is the order of Earth's layers from "outermost to innermost"?
What is the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
200
Heat from the sun reaches the earth by what process?
What is radiation?
300
The steps of the scientific method
1. Question 2. Background research 3. Hypothesis 4. Collect data 5. Analysis 6. Conclusion
300
This is a force that PREVENTS the movement of rocks along faults.
What is friction?
300
What type of forces cause magma to rise through the volcanic neck?
What is dissolved gases trapped inside the magma?
300
Afred Wegener's theory that the continents were once joined together like jigsaw puzzles is called?
What is continental drift?
300
As you travel higher in the atmosphere, the air pressure ___________?
It decreases.
400
What would be the most important rule of lab safety?
What is following the teacher's instructions the first time and not horsing around?
400
The point below the Earth's surface where stress triggers an earthquake is called?
What is the focus?
400
The Hawaiian Islands are an example of volcanoes forming by what process?
What is hot spots?
400
The place where two plates come together is known as a?
What is a colliding boundary?
400
Which layer of the atmosphere would you NOT find weather?
What is the stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere?
500
What do you need to change a scientific theory?
You need new evidence to contradict the old theory. This new evidence must be tested multiple times by many other scientists.
500
What prevents geologists from predicting earthquakes?
Geologists do not know where and when stress within the rocks will be released.
500
The difference between a quiet and explosive eruption?
The difference is in the level of silica in the magma. Low silica magma is thin and runny while high silica magma is thick and sticky.
500
The process where the denser ocean floor sinks beneath an ocean trench is called?
What is subduction?
500
The process of the atmosphere trapping the gases to heat the Earth warm is called?
What is the greenhouse effect?
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