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100

What is the term used to describe the length, width, and height of an object.

dimension

100
What greek word or prefix means 1000?

Kilo

100
  1. Thousands of years ago, people used to carefully shape stone into sharp points, knives, and other useful objects. What was this craft called?

flintknapping

100

When water gets into a crack in a rock and freezes it can cause a bigger crack that can break down rock. This is called what?

root wedging

100

Where the Appalachian mountains created before or after Pangea was formed 480 million years ago?

before

200

If you measured a football field using a unit equal to 3 feet, you would be using what unit of measure.

Yard

200

A number that can be factored so that it has the same two factors that will create a square array is called a __________ number. Example: 5 x 5 = 25

Square Number

200
  1. The Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Tuscarora are examples of different Native American groups. Each had its own history, customs, traditions, and language. These groups are called what?

tribes

200

When a seed falls in a crack in a rock and begins to grow, the pressure can cause a rock to break down. That process is called what?

root wedging

200

Where the Appalachian Mountains taller 300 million years ago?

yes

300

A metric unit of length equal to 100 centimeters is what?

meter

300
  1. A ruler that is 12 inches long is exactly one __________________________ long.

Foot

300

A person whose ancestors belonged to the first peoples living in North or South America may be described as __________.

Native American

300

Over time rivers, storms, or even glaciers can carry away pieces of rocks and soil. This movement and change is called what?

erosion

300
Volcanos are found in a ring around which ocean the Atlantic or the Pacific?

Pacific

400
  1. A medicine dropper might hold only a few of these small units of liquid. What liquid measure has  1,000 of these units in a liter?

milliliter

400

A group of numbers or objects that follows a particular rule or pattern is called a ____________.

sequence

400

When people came from England to North Carolina in 1587, they were trying to start a what?

Colony

400

When maga is pushed up to the surface of the Earth into the air is is called what?

lava

500
  1. There are 10 of these tiny units in one centimeter. Which means there are 1000 of these in a meter. What is the name for this tiny unit of measure?

millimeter

500
  1. There are 100 of these units in one meter.

Centimeter

500

All the objects that Native Americans created to help them do jobs or solve problems were made from natural resources. What were they called?

tools

500

A volcano that is formed from thick molten rock is called a cone or a shield volcano?

Cone