earth
What type of plate boundary only creates earthquakes?
Transform
What plate boundary creates high mountains that are not volcanic?
Continental convergent boundary
what is Heat Transfer?
the flow of thermal energy from higher temperature to lower temperature
what is atom
The smallest piece of matter that maintains the properties of that matter.
What is the definition of "force"?
A push or pull
what is axis
The imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles and is the center of Earth's rotation
what is Weathering?
When elements wear away or change the appearance or texture of something
what is Conduction?
The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching.
what is Phase Change
change from one state/form to another without a chemical change; (solid or liquid or gas).
What is the net force of balanced forces?
zero
What layers make the lithosphere?
what is Erosion?
The movement of sediment or soil from one location to another by means of water, ice, or wind.
The transfer of thermal energy by the circulation or movement of a liquid or gas?
convection
what is Physical properties
Properties that involve things that can be measured without changing the chemical properties. (color, size, hardness, temperature, etc)
How does pouring sand on an icy street change the friction of tires moving over the street?
Sand increases friction
Where do convection currents happen?
what is deposition?
When particles carried by water, ice, or wind are deposited (dropped) in another location.
what is Radiation?
Energy that moves by waves through empty space.
what is a pure substance made of 2 or more elements
compound
Which type of inclined plane allows you to exert less effort- a short inclined plane or a long inclined plane?
long inclined plane
Why is the inner core solid even though its hot enough to melt metal?
The extreme pressure keeps it solid.
How is the test of a mineral's hardness different from the test for the mineral's powder color?
Hardness is tested with a scratch test. Mineral powder is tested with a streak test.
what is Matter
Any substance, composed of atoms, that has mass and takes up space.
What is a precipitate?
A solid formed from 2 liquids.
How does acceleration change if you increase the mass of an object?
Acceleration decreases.