Scientific Method
Rocks and Minerals
Plate Tectonics
Astronomy
Forces/The 3 laws
100
What are the steps of the scientific method?
1. State problem 2. Research Topic 3. Form Hypothesis 4. Test Hypothesis 5. Analyze Data 6. Form conclusion
100
This can cool and harden and form igneous rock.
What is magma or lava?
100
The continental drift theory is?
The continents are moving.
100
If Earth's rate of rotation increases, the length of one Earth day will be?
Shorter than 24 hours
100
1)Inertia 2)F=MA 3)Action Reaction
What are Newton's three laws called?
200
What is an independent variable?
The variable in the experiment that you change to test.
200
What is luster?
The way light reflects off of a mineral.
200
Where is the Earth's crust the thickest?
On the land
200
Earth's path around the sun is call what?
Orbit
200
What law is observed, according to Newton, if you let an untied balloon go?
Law 3, Because if the balloon is facing one way, the air will push it that way, causing an action reaction force.
300
What do scientist do to test a hypothesis?
Preform an experiment to test it.
300
What is streak?
Another way to identify minerals; it leaves the color of the powder behind when rubbed against a rough white tile.
300
What is the thin layer of rock on Earth's surface called?
Lithosphere
300
An _______ occurs when the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun
Eclipse
300
Energy at rest but in a position that it can do work
Potential Energy
400
What type of variable represents "cause" and what type of variable represents "effect"?
Independent Variable (cause) / Dependent Variable (effect)
400
What is weathering and erosion?
These are two ways that sediments are formed.
400
What are the 3 basic layers of Earth?
Core, Mantle, Crust
400
During which Northern Hemisphere season is Earth closest to the sun?
Winter
400
Products of the mass and velocity of a body.
What is Momentum?
500
Anything in the experiment that can change.
Define the word "variable"
500
The 5 ways to test the properties of a mineral.
What is luster, streak, hardness, color and cleavage or fracture?
500
What effect does the spinning if the Earth's core have?
It creates earth's magnetic field.
500
Which day has the shortest amount of daylight in North America?
December 21st
500
How can Newton's laws be used to explain how rockets are launched into space?
When a rocket is being released, you can tell air is being released from under it causing it to go up. In law 3, it is explained that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Like how the rockets air is being released under, and the rocket go's up.
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