How many organisms from the past have already gone extinct?
What is
More than 90%
100
What are the four layers of the Earth?
What happens to density and temperature as we travel to the center of the Earth? (Increase or Decrease)
What is
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
Increase
100
What are the three types of tectonic plate movement?
What is
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
100
What is a constructive force?
What is a destructive force?
What is
Builds up Earth's surface
Breaks down Earth's surface
100
How old is the Earth?
What is
4.6 Billion years old
200
Finding a fossil of fish in a desert environment provides evidence that?
What is
The desert was once covered by an ocean. (environmental change)
200
Why is the inner core a solid?
What is
Because of the intense pressure
200
How do earth’s plates move at each boundary?
Divergent:
Convergent:
Transform:
What is
Divergent: Divide
Convergent: Collide
Transform: Slide
200
Weathering and erosion are examples of a constructive or destructive force?
What is
Destructive
200
Define the law of superposition:
What is
In undisturbed sedimentary layers -
youngest rocks = top
Oldest rocks = bottom
300
Fossils that help scientists determine the RELATIVE ages of rock are called ___________ ______________.
What is
Index Fossil
300
Seismic waves are energy waves released from earthquakes.
Which wave arrives second and can only travel through solids?
What is
S WAVES (Secondary Waves)
300
The Grand Canyon was created through the process of ...
What is
Erosion
300
Give an example of a constructive process/force?
What is
Deposition
300
In a diagram of rock layers, how might you know a volcanic eruption occurred?
What is
Extrusion has occurred
400
What would happen to a species' population if they are not able to get enough food?
What is
Experience a population decline
400
Convection currents in the mantle are caused by temperature and density changes, which cause tectonic plates to move.
What is the source of energy for convection currents?
What is
Heat from Radioactive decay in the core.
400
What type of landform/event is created at ...
Divergent boundaries:
Convergent boundaries:
Transform boundaries:
What is
Divergent : Mid ocean ridge
Convergent: Mountains
Transform : Earthquakes
400
What two destructive processes formed the Grand Canyon?
What is
Weathering and Erosion
400
What is the difference between relative and absolute age?
What is
Relative = estimate
Absolute = exact
500
Define Fossil Record:
List 2 things that can be learned from the fossil record?
1.
2.
What is
All information paleontologist have gathered about past life.
1. How a species has changed or evolved over time
2. Past environments
500
Define seismic waves:
Explain what process causes seismic waves to occur?
What is
Energy waves released by earthquakes
Earthquakes or tectonic plate movement
500
What is the main process for the shift in continents over time?
What is
Convection currents in the mantle.
500
Beaches, Sand Dunes, and Deltas are created by constructive or destructive forces?
What is
Constructive Forces
500
Give an example of relative age and absolute age?
What is
Relative: I have a younger brother and an older brother
Absolute age: I am 14 years old