Technology
Minerals
The Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Miscellaneous
100
the measure of how hot (or cold) something is.
What is Temperature
100
A measure of the ability of a mineral to resist scratching
What is Hardness
100
The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another
What is Erosion
100
The thin and solid outermost layer of the earth, above the mantle.
What is the Crust
100
A boundary formed when two tectonic plates collide
What is a Convergent Boundary
200
An artificial device that replaces a missing part of the body
What is a Prosthetic
200
A naturally formed, inorganic solid that has a definite crystalline structure
What is a Mineral
200
The process in which sediment is dropped and comes to rest
What is Deposition
200
The hypothesis that states that the continents once formed a single landmass, broke up, and drifted to their present locations.
What is Continental Drift
200
The liquid layer of the earth
What is the Outer Core
300
A series of steps to solve a problem or answer a question
What is The Scientific Method
300
The tendency of a mineral to have an uneven or jagged break
What is a Fracture
300
The quality of a rock that is based on the size, shapes, and positions of the rock grains.
What is Texture
300
The process by which new oceanic lithosphere forms as magma rises toward the surface and solidifies
What is Sea-Floor Spreading
300
Bioengineering products that result in a product or process that helps living organisms but does not change them permanently
What is Assistive Bioengineering
400
An experiment that tests only one factor at a time by using a comparison of a control group and an experimental group
What is a Controlled Experiment
400
A mineral that contains a combination of silicon, oxygen, and one or more metals.
What is a Silicate Mineral
400
Layers of rock
What is Strata
400
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
What is a Divergent Boundary
400
A solid whose ions, atoms, or molecules are arranged in a definite pattern
What is a Crystal
500
Any product, process, or knowledge that is developed to meet a need.
What is Technology
500
A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
What is a Compound
500
Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of magma beneath earth's surface.
What is Intrusive Igneous Rock
500
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally.
What is a Transform Boundary
500
The texture of metamorphic rock in which the mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
What is a Foliated Metamorphic Rock
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