Large landmass that contains the lithosphere and asthenosphere.
What is a tectonic plate?
Planet located between Saturn and Mars
What is Jupiter?
A pure substance made up of only one type of atom
What is an element?
As a rollercoaster moves up to the top of a hill, it is gaining this type of energy.
What is gravitational potential energy?
This energy is stored in the bonds between atoms
What is chemical energy?
Group of rocks that form when lava cools and hardens
What are igneous rocks?
What is an artificial satellite?
A pure substance made up of two or more different types of atoms
What is a compound?
What is motion?
When a light switch changes electricity into light, this is called an ________
What is an energy transformation?
Process by which bits or rock are broken down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
Force that governs movement in space.
What is gravity?
Elements are organized based on properties in this specific chart
What is the Periodic Table of elements?
This is how far an object travels in a certain amount of time
What is speed?
This energy is caused by vibration waves that spread in all directions
What is sound energy?
Type of boundary that forms when two plates are colliding
What is a convergent boundary?
Organization that was first to successfully have an astronaut orbit the Earth.
What is the Soviet Union?
Compound formed when one atom of sodium combines with one atom of chlorine
What is salt?
A train moving at 60 km/hr will go this far in 90 minutes.
What is 90 km?
A form of energy that measures the speed of atoms
What is thermal energy?
The only true liquid layer of the Earth
What is the outer core?
Group of rocky, space objects that orbits in a chain between Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
Formed when 2 atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen
What is water?
An object a rest will stay at rest, because this type of force is acting on it
What is a balanced force?
Form of energy that is stored in batteries
What is chemical energy?