Cumulative Questions
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Quiz Questions
Questions that "Matter"
Mapping
100
When you would need a best fit line.
What is when the data shows a linear trend
100
This is known as the water portion of the Earth.
What is the Hydrosphere
100
These are the 2 theories that explain why dinosaurs were wiped from Earth.
What is 1. An asteroid crashed into Mexico and 2. Worldwide Volcanic Eruptions
100
This is how metal pans heat brownies.
What is Conduction
100
This type of map shows elevation by using contour lines.
What is a Topographic map.
200
The process of making decisions and assumptions about the gathered data; educated guess
What is an inference
200
This is know as the gaseous envelope around the Earth.
What is the Atmosphere
200
This where many scientists believe our water came from.
What is outer space and meteorites
200
This is the state of matter whose particles are in a fixed position and vibrating.
What is a solid.
200
The lines that run from east to west on a map.
What are Latitude Lines.
300
This scientist used the amount of evolution in marine fossils to discover the Earth's Age.
What is Charles Lyell.
300
This is the study of the universe.
What is Astronomy
300
This is when the Paleozoic Era began.
What is 544 million years ago
300
This is what happens to particles in a fluid when heated.
What is the particles spread apart and become less dense.
300
These lines run from North to South.
What are longitude lines.
400
The explanation for why your evidence supports your claim.
What is Reasoning
400
This is the dense, heavy inner sphere of the Earth
What is the core
400
This is over a lifetime, how far apart the continental plates will plates move
What is 6 feet.
400
This is why houses are painted white in countries with a hot climate.
What is the white paint reflects the radiation from the sun and keeps the house cool.
400
A map that shows the type and age of rocks
What is a Geological Map
500
This is what Lord Kelvin discovered about Earth's History.
What is that the Earth cooled from a molten state
500
This is the study of physical matter and the historical makeup of the Earth.
What is Geology
500
This is when Humans appeared in the Cenozoic Period.
What is 1.8 million years ago
500
This is why foil blankets are wrapped around marathon runners at the end of a race.
What is the foil traps the heat in by radiating it back to the runner, keeping them warm.
500
What are the origins for Earth's internal heat.
What are 1. the breakdown of chemical elements by radioactivity 2. primordial heat
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