Scientific Method & Safety
Intro to Earth Science
Minerals
Rocks
Earth's Layers & Plate Tectonics
100

What is a control variable?

What is things that stay the same?

100

List 3 types of landforms

What is mountains, volcanoes, islands, canyons etc?

100

What is the color of powder when scratched called?

What is streak?

100

What category of rock is the most common?

What is igneous rock?

100

Where is the ocean floor the oldest?

What is trenches?

200

What are two science safety rules?

What is safety rules?

200

The study of the atmosphere including climate and weather is called?

What is Meteorology?

200

List 2 things that are matter and 2 things that are not?

What is light, sound and energy are not matter?

200

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

What is weathering does not involve movement?

200

What are two pieces of evidence for continental drift?

What is puzzle fit, fossils, climate, rock and geologic structures, and magnetic field?

300

What is an independent variable?

What is the thing being tested/thing we change?

300

If the spacing of the contour lines are close together, the slope is considered....

What is gentle?

300

Draw and label the parts of an atom?

What is electrons, neutrons, and protons?

300

If lava is cooled slowly, do larger or smaller crystals form?

What is larger?

300

What makes up the inner core and outer core?

What is nickel and iron?

400

What does a hypothesis need to be?

What is testable and if/then statement?

400

Using the image Ms. Rogers' draws, how many hills are seen?

What is 4?

400

What are 3 characteristics that all minerals have?

What is inorganic, solid, crystal structure, and unique chemical formula?

400

What creates metamorphic rock?

What is heat and pressure?

400

What are the layers of the Earth in order from the inside most to the outside?

What is inner core, outer core, mantle, asthenosphere, lithosphere, crust?

500

What are the 7 steps of the scientific method in order?

What is 

1. Ask a ?

2. Background research

3. Hypothesis

4. Test with experiment

5. Analyze Results

6. Draw Conclusion

7. Share Results?

500

Find the contour interval of the map Ms. Rogers' drew

What is 25 mi?

500

What are three ways we can identify minerals?

What is streak, specific gravity, hardness, luster, color, and cleavage?

500

What type of rock is created from volcanic eruptions that cool?

What is extrusive igneous rock?

500

What are the three types of plate boundaries and how does each move?

What is transform- slides, convergent- towards, and divergent- away?

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