Measurement
A person would use this to measure the mass of an object
What is a balance?
This process step involves joining several parts together to make a finished product
What is combining?
The thick, slippery substance that protects the stomach lining
What is mucus?
Surface waves are caused by this
What is the wind?
The Earth and other celestial objects make this movement on their axes.
What is rotate?
Tectonic plates are moving toward each other at this boundary
What is a convergent boundary?
The measurement system that is accepted worldwide
What is the International System of Units (aka the Metric System)
A tool that requires ONLY muscle power to work
What is a hand tool?
Organ that stores bile
What is the gallbladder.
The distance from wave trough to wave crest
What is wave height?
This is when the visible portion of the Moon becomes smaller.
What is waning?
A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other
A description of how close a measurement is to an accepted value
What is accuracy?
The material that comes from mineral deposits
What is inorganic material?
This is a protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body.
What is an enzyme?
The difference between high tide and low tide
What is tidal range?
This is the hottest planet in the solar system.
What is Venus?
This includes the bendable part of the mantle
What is the asthenosphere?
A method of writing or displaying very small or very large numbers
What is scientific notation?
Metals are combined to form these
What are alloys?
The process of moving nutrients through the wall of the digestive system into the blood
What is absorption?
What is spring tide?
The shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun
What is elliptical?
The process that occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another tectonic plate
What is subduction?
Expression of error as a percentage of the accepted value
What is percent error?
Material made by combining two or more materials to form a new material that is better than each of the original materials alone
What is a composite?
Involuntary waves of muscle contractions that keep food moving in one direction through the digestive system
What is peristalsis?
The vertical movement of water toward the ocean's surface
What is upwelling?
This is the scientific name for a "shooting star."
What is a meteor?
These are the causes of plate movement (2)
What are convection and subduction?