Earth Science
This type of rock is formed when eroded earth and other materials settle in layers. Those layers then press down over time to form solid rock.
Sedimentary rock
What Planet is 6th away from the sun and has a visible ring around it?
Saturn
What is 4 x 107, in scientific notation?
40,000,000
Such as a salamander- cold blooded, smooth skinned, tetrapod vertebrate that spends its lie both on land and in water
Amphibian
Total number or protons and neutrons
Atomic Mass
This type of rock is formed when magma from a volcano cools
Igneous rock
What 3 waves does an Earthquake produce?
Primary Waves (p-waves), S-waves, and surface waves
The number of protons in the nucleus is called?
Atomic number
Which of the following is not a way in which mammals keep themselves warm in the winter?
a. shivering b. perspiring
c. fluffing out coat d. contracting certain blood vessels
b. perspiring
Type of boundary system astronomers use to organize the night sky. There are 88 of them
Constellations
A major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
Ring of Fire
Earth's crust is divided into how many plate tectonics....
About 20
What is the gas that gives champagne and beer the bubbly effect?
CO2
Which of the following is the broadest category in a biological taxonomy?
a. Kingdom b. Order
c. Genus c. species
c. Genus
Warm & Dry summers with cool & wet winters
Temperate Climate
Energy due to motion
Kinetic energy
Scientific laws that govern earth today and are the same since the beginning of time
Uniformitarianism
A force between two surfaces that are trying to slide against each other.
Friction
Ex: There is more friction between your shoes and the sidewalk during the summer time, then there is during the winter time when the sidewalk is slippery with ice.
Some human traits are carried by genes on the Y chromosome. A man will transmit these traits to
All of his male offspring
Metal that is attracted to a magnet
Nickel
Name the four gas planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Galaxy where the earth is located
Milky Way Glaxy
Energy due to position
potential energy
Far right column on table. Have full number of valence electrons making them stable and unreactive to other substances
The speed of something in a given direction. V=D/T
Velocity