Scientific Theory vs. Law
Natural Disaster
Layers of Atmosphere
Earth Spheres
Earth Surface Changes
100
This changes over time based on evidence.
What is scientific knowledge?
100
Warm water and rising air create this?
What is a hurricane?
100
Name the layer where the ozone is located.
What is stratosphere?
100
The layer of the Earth that includes living organisms.
What is biosphere?
100
Ruby rubs two rocks together. She notices that some of the surface of one rock was worn away to form small particles. What has happened to the rock?
What is Physical Weathering?
200
A statement that describes what scientitist expect to happen everytime under a particular set of conditions
What is scientific law.
200
When water is pushed toward the shore by force of wind.
What is a storm surge?
200
Name the 4 layers of the atmosphere from lowest to highest?
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere?
200
Amber is walking down the sidewalk and the wind is blowing her hair and skirt. Which parts of the Earth system are interacting?
What is atmosphere and biosphere?
200
The growth of plant roots and animal activity may result in:
What is physical weathering?
300
A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations and experimental results.
What is scientific theory?
300
A thunderstorm with strong winds and large hail.
What is a severe thunderstorm?
300
The measure of force with which air molecules push on a surface.
What is air pressure?
300
This sphere includes all the liquid water on Earth.
What is hydrosphere?
300
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
What is deposition?
400
A hypothesis is more likely to become this.
What is theory?
400
Difference between a tornado and a funnel cloud.
What is a funnel cloud does not reach the ground? OR What is a tornado touches the ground?
400
The process by which gases in the atmosphere such as water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb and give off infrared radiation.
What is greenhouse effect?
400
Sometimes fires burn down large areas of the forest that are part of the biosphere. Which of Earth's other systems is most likely to be affected?
What is atmosphere?
400
During a storm, heavy rain falls. The rain runs over the garden, and some of the soil is washed away. Which term describes this movement of soil?
What is erosion?
500
A ____________ can be used to help visualize microscopic structures and can represent events.
What is model?
500
What are the top three weather killers?
What is heat, flood and lightning.
500
In which two layers of the atmosphere does the temperature increase as the altitude increases.
What is stratosphere and thermosphere?
500
This can be exchanged between Earth Spheres.
What is matter and energy?
500
This changes both the composition and appearance of rocks.
What is chemical weathering?
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