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What are the 4 seasons?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
There are ____ planets in our solar system.
8
What are the 3 forms of water?
liquid, solid, and gas
0,1, or 2
What are outer planets made of?
What does waning mean?
getting smaller; decreasing
Melted rock beneath the ground/volcano is called ____.
magma
to use carelessly; to spend uselessly
waste
Large pools of magma gathered together are called magma _______.
magma chamber
4.5 billion years ago, the Earth was extremely ____.
hot
_____ and erosions can change the Earth's surface.
weathering
What 2 things can scientists learn by studying fossils?
size and what they ate
Fossils are the ____ or remains of dead animals and plants.
imprints
_____ measures the air pressure.
barometer
_____ is the biggest section of the Earth and it is extremely hot.
mantle
The size of the volcanic eruptions depends on the amount of _________.
pressure
What are the 4 stages of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection
Mass extinction is when large number of species all go extinct at _____.
once
to increase the number of species after a decline
repopulate
The _____ _____ measures the power of Earthquakes.
Richter Scale
The Earth's crust is formed of many _____ ______.
tectonic plates
What are the 4 steps of how fossils are formed?
1. animals die
2. buried
3. muscles and skin rot
4. minerals enter bone
What are the 5 phases of the moon?
2. Waxing crescent
3. Half moon
4. Full moon
5. Waning crescent
Why is the Earth's core so special?
part is liquid and part is solid
Oceans cover ____% of the Earth's surface.
71