'Tis the sea, son
Name all three ocean zones.
What is: Sunlight, Twilight, Midnight
Light does this when it interacts with a smooth surface.
What is: reflects
What stays the same in an experiment
What is: constants
As the pressure increases, the ...........
What is: temperature decreases AND salinity increases
Name all four Earth layers
What is: crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
This is why sound travels fastest through solids.
What is: because the molecules are packed tightly and neatly in a cube shape.
Using what you know to make an educated guess about what you DON'T know.
What is: inference
Name two characteristics of a midnight zone creature.
What is: large eyes, one color, teeth that curve inward, bioluminescence, etc...
Describe a divergent boundary.
No light passes through an object. This object is...
What is: opaque
Describe a dependent variable.
What is: the effect - what changes as a result of the independent variable.
Describe a convection current.
What is: cold air sinks and warm air rises. BONUS POINTS if anyone identified convection currents as the cause of deep water currents in the ocean.
The Himalayan Mountains were formed by this type of plate boundary.
What is: convergent
Describe the meaning of amplitude for a light wave.
What is: the height of a wave, influenced by the amount of sound energy in a compression wave.
Describe the independent variable.
What is: what's being tested in an experiment. What you CHANGE.
Define a food web.
Process by which metamorphic rocks are formed.
Describe WHY light rays bend when they move from one substance or material to another.
What is: because light rays move at different speeds through different mediums (like water or plastic)
What is: testable question, hypothesis, procedure, results, conclusion.