Crustal Features
What type of plate boundary involves plates moving TOWARDS each other?
Convergent plate boundary
What is the name of the moon that is completely lit up by reflected sunlight?
Full Moon
In the northern hemisphere, the number of daylight hours is the most in which season?
Summer
How many Laws do we learn about in 8th grade science?
3
What subatomic particle has a positive charge?
Proton
What type of plate boundary creates mountains? Be specific in the types of crust involved.
Convergent plate boundary, continental crust on both sides.
What is the name of the moon phase that is not visible on Earth
New moon
If the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing Fall what season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?
Spring
If a mass of 10kg is accelerated at a rate of 30m/s2, what is the force applied to that mass?
300 Newtons
Valence Electrons
What type of plate boundary creates Volcanic mountains? Be specific in the types of crust involved.
Convergent plate boundaries, Continental crust, oceanic crust.
Waning
If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, which season is experienced in the Northern Hemisphere?
winter
What is the acceleration of a 20kg object that is thrown with a force of 100N?
5m/s2
What determines an elements identity?
What type of plate boundary forms mid-ocean ridges?
divergent plate boundaries
What is the name of one of the phases in the lunar cycle when Earth is experiencing a neap tide?
first or third quarter
Why do we experience seasons here on Earth, there are two reasons.
The tilt of the earth's axis and the earth revolving around the sun
What does inertia mean?
What is the atomic mass and atomic number for the following element Fe?
Atomic Mass : 56
Atomic Number: 26
According to scientist, how do the plates move, or what causes the plates to move?
convection in the mantle, convection currents
Which moon phases are responsible for Spring Tide?
new moon or full moon
What causes seasons and what causes day and night?
Seasons = Earth revolving around the sun
Day and Night = Earth rotating on its axis
Describe the Action-Reaction pair of you sitting in your chair.
You push down on the chair with a force and the chair pushes up on you with an equal amount of force.
How many neutrons does the element [Ag] have ?
61 Neutrons