Geology
What is a renewable Resource?
A material that is replenished faster than it is used up
What has a stronger magnetic field...The sun or the moon
The sun
How is a renewable resource different from a nonrenewable resource?
a renewable resource can be replenished much faster....A nonrenewable resource, once used is gone.
a few years vs a few 100 million of year
What is the biggest dam in the world? It is in China and it cost 31 billion dollars to build
Three Gorges Dam
Give me 3 signs that a landslide might occur? Any three will do.
1. Lack of grass/plants, vegatation holding the ground in place
2. Leaning fences or telephone poles
3. a pile of rocks or mud or silt at the bottom of the slope
4. growing cracks in the ground
5. running water is eroding the ground
6. broken utility pumps or pipes in a home
7. Very increased rainfall
What is the layer of earth below the crust?
What is the upper mantle?
What causes the high and low tides? Be specific for an extra 100 points
the moon...... more specifically the moon's gravitional pull on the earth's water
What rock glows and gives off a special glow
What is Uranium?
Solar Panels are extremely expensive to make. The reason for this is that there is a specific element on the periodic talb ethat needs to be heated to very hot temperatures in order to be made into ingots and then cut in to very thin wafers.
What is silicon
What natural disasters can trigger an earthquake to happen?
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanche, tectonic plates slipping/grinding past each other.
What is used to power nuclear reactors plants specifically?
Enriched Uranium - 235 in 2 cm pellets
What causes the lunar eclipse? what does the moon do?
The moon passing directly in front of the sun and "eclipsing it"
What is antracite?
It is the most pure form of coal. It is the most expensive, produces the most heat per lb, produces the least amount of air pollution.
What part of the scientific method is "looking for patterns in the world around us?"
What is observation?
What is one tool that you can use to predict if a volcano might erupt?
A tiltimeter or a spectrometer
How AND from WHAT is petroleum formed?
Ocean Organisms = Petroleum formed under heat and pressure from the earth's core and pressure from the weight above it
What protects the earth from the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays/radiation?
The earth's magnetic field and the earth's atmosphere aka the ozone layer
When fossil fuels are burned or used, what do they heat most of the time to produce energy(not including gasoline)?
What is water becoming steam?
When you perform an experiment and you get data back from it. What do you call this? For an extra 100 points. Give me the name of what you do with that thing you get from he experiement?
Think scientific method.
The Results! The data is the "result" of the experiment.
The conclusion or the fact that you can draw from your results....what you say about the results is the conclusion.
What is a mineral?
A compound, made up of various elements on the periodic table. It is not pure.
Name one (or two for an extra 100 points) of the 4 types of coal.
What is lignite, subbituminous, bituminous, and anthracite
What is the name of the thing that earth, the moon, the planets all follow in accordance with the laws of.......
an orbital path or an orbit
What natural energy resource produces the most power of all the natural resources despite producing the least of amount of physical waste....despite the fact that this waste is dangerous and requires special storage. (nonrenewable)
Nuclear Power: it is a tiny radioactive pellet that produces power(radiation) for up to 5 years before needing to be replaced.
Mr. Kohr does not have his usual coffee in the morning. What could you hypothesize will be the result of this thing.
What is the name of the device that measures ocean waves, and can predict the coming of a huge natural disaster on the water? 100 pts extra for the name of the disaster and the device. Spelling must be correct
What are tsunamis
and tsunameter?