Physics
Defined by Isaac Newton as the tendency of things to resist changes in motion
What is inertia?
The transfer of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
What is heat?
Formed about 4.54 billion years ago, our planet coalesced from dust and gas revolving around this star
What is the Sun?
How did Scientist study the Seafloor structure?
They used sonar waves
What is a wildfire?
an unplanned, uncontrolled, and unwanted fire burning in natural vegetation, such as forests, grasslands, or prairies
This resistive force always acts in the direction opposite to an object's motion
What is friction?
The total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance.
What is thermal energy?
Before developing a breathable atmosphere, early Earth was characterized by intense volcanism and molten, hot pools of this material
What is Seafloor spreading
geologic process occurring at mid-ocean ridges, where tectonic plates diverge, causing magma to rise from the mantle, cool, and create new oceanic crust
What is a Landslide?
the downward and outward movement of rock, soil, and debris down a slope under the influence of gravity
According to this theory, the energy of light is carried in discrete units called photons
What is the quantum theory of light?
The type of heat transfer that occurs through direct contact between materials.
What is conduction?
The early Earth went through a "runaway" version of this process, where space debris collided and stuck together to form the planet.
What is accretion?
What is Convergent boundary
a location where two or more tectonic plates move toward each other and collide
Whats a Tsunami?
A tsunami is an ocean wave triggered by large earthquakes that occur near or under the ocean
This man published a 1835 treatise on the physics of billiard balls and has a force named after him
Who is Coriolis?
The process by which energy is transferred in the form of electromagnetic waves, such as from the sun.
What is radiation?
What created earth?
a massive, swirling disk of gas and dust left over from the Sun's creation?
What is Divergent boundary
a tectonic boundary where two plates move away from each other, causing tensional stress that stretches and thins the lithosphere
What is a Mudslide?
a rapid, downhill movement of water-saturated soil, rock, and debris, often triggered by heavy rain, wildfires, or earthquakes
This subatomic particle has a negative charge
What is an electron?
The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids
What is convection?
How many years on Earth would it take to make one year on the moon
Less than one year
What is plate tectonic
Plate tectonics is the scientific theory that Earth's solid outer shell, the lithosphere, is broken into several large, rigid plates that glide over a weaker
Whats a Natural Hazard
floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires