Newton's Laws
What is Newton's First Law?
Objects in motion remain in motion, and objects at rest remain at rest.
What is the force that pulls objects towards the center of a planet?
Gravity
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What geological hazard occurs when tectonic plates "slip"?
Earthquake
What is the term for an organism that is not alive but can return to life under the right conditions?
Dormant
What is Newton's 2nd law?
Force = mass x acceleration (F=ma)
Why is magnetism a "non-contact" force?
Because it doesn't require things to touch to apply a force
Name at least 4 of the 8 geological processes
Melting, crystallization, weathering, erosion, deposition, sedimentation, compaction, deformation
What layer of the earth is between the crust and the core?
The mantle
What are the 7 characteristics of life?
Made of cells, grow and change, have a metabolism, have homeostasis, adapt, reproduce, respond to their environment
What is Newton's Third Law?
Every action force has an equal and opposite reaction force.
What is the region around a magnet where the magnetic force can be detected?
Magnetic field
What specific processes form a sedimentary rock?
Weathering, erosion, deposition, sedimentation, and compaction
What is a time scale?
How long it takes for a change to affect the earth
What is the difference between dead and non-living?
Dead things were alive at some point, non-living things never were alive
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Why does a balloon stick to the wall after being rubbed on your hair?
The balloon fills with negative charge and attracts to the positive charge on the wall
What type of energy drives the process of weathering by rain?
Solar and/or gravity
How do we know what Pangea looked like?
Fossils and/or rocks found in different places that we can connect to put together the puzzle
What is a unicellular organism? Provide an example.
An organism made of only one cell. Bacteria, amoeba, some types of plankton
An action and reaction force working together
In an electromagnet, what cause the magnetic force?
The current running through the wire
What specific process(es) and energies are required for a sedimentary rock to become a metamorphic rock?
Process: Deformation
Energy: Pressure, thermal
What principle of relative dating states that the oldest layer of rock is at the bottom and the youngest layer is at the top?
Superposition
What are the two main points of the cell theory?
Cells come from pre-existing cells