Plate Motion
What is the name of the supercontinent that once included most of Earth’s landmasses and whose breakup provides evidence for plate motion?
Pangaea
What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of that element?
Atom
Compaction and Cementation
What is an example of Parasitism in an population?
mosquito and human, flea and mammal
Which state of matter has the most energy?
Gas
What type of plate boundary is formed where two tectonic plates move apart and new crust forms?
Divergent Plate Boundary
What information does the atomic number give you about an element?
Protons and Electrons
How is an igneous rock formed?
What is mutualism in a population?
When both members of the population benefit from the relationship
Which state of matter has the least amount of energy?
What happens at a convergent boundary when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate?
Earthquakes, Mountain Formation
Name the most reactive group of metals on the left side of the periodic table
Alkali Metals
Weathering and Erosion
What is a producer in an ecosystem?
Anything that performs photosynthesis
What is sublimation?
Going from a solid to a gas
What is the process where one plate goes under the other?
Subduction
Where are the neutrons found?
in the nucleus
How is a metamorphic rock formed?
Heat and Pressure
What does carrying capacity mean for a population?
The maximum amount of a population that an ecosystem can hold with reliable resources
How does one state of matter move to another state of matter?
Changing the amount of energy
How do the plates move at a transform boundary?
Physical change is a change in the physical properties of the object, chemical change is a change in the chemical formula of an object (Creating something new)
How do rocks move below Earth's Surface?
subduction zones
What is an invasive species?
A species that is brought into an ecosystem with help from a nonnatural source that greatly affects the population
What term describes a substance that keeps its own shape and has particles packed tightly in place?
solid