Light & Matter
How does light move?
In straight lines
Warmer fluids rising and colder fluids sinking is an example of.
convection
What is precipitation?
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
What is the term for the super continent which contains all the plates together?
Pangaea
The basic unit of structure and function in all living things are ______ (all living things are made of these)
cells
What happens when light bounces of something?
It reflects
What is thermal energy
total amount of kinetic energy in an object
How does the air higher up compare to the air near the ground?
The higher up you go in the atmosphere, the colder the air gets.
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
Transform Boundary
A _______ receptor is a sense receptor that detects and is activated by movement.
mechanical
What happens when light goes through something?
It transmits
What method of heat transfer heats up the Earth
Radiaton
What happened when the helium balloon was heated with the hair dryer?
The helium balloon rose up to the ceiling and then cooled down and sank back to the floor of the classroom.
The theory that the earth is broken into plates and is in motion due to convection currents in the asthenosphere (upper mantle) is called…
Plate Tectonics
A change in the internal or external environment that causes the nervous system to react.
Stimulus
What happens when light hits a one-way mirror?
Some goes through and some reflects
T/F: Heat is transferred from warmer objects to cooler objects
True
How is it possible for hail to form and fall from the sky when the temperature in the air near the ground outside is not cold enough for water to freeze?
Hail forms high up in cumulonimbus clouds where it's below freezing and updrafts can hold it up until it builds up over time.
Who proposed the continental drift theory in the 1900s?
Alfred Wegener
Receptors that detect and are activated by chemical substances are called ____________ receptors.
chemical
What happens when light hits glass?
Most light goes through and a little reflects.
What temperature does water boil at in Fahrenheit
212 Fahrenheit
When we studied past hail storms in our unit, which of the following did we find?
When there was a hailstorm the temperature dropped and the winds changed.
What is the soft layer of the mantle on which the tectonic plates move called?
Asthenosphere
_________ receptors are sense receptors that detect and are activated by light.
Light