Scientific Reasoning / Soil Basics
Reasoning that goes from general to specific.
Deductive Reasoning
These waves can move through solid and liquid materials of the earth.
Values less than 7 on the pH scale represent ____.
Acids
Small research submarines.
Submersible
About ___ of the salt in the oceans is sodium chloride.
78%
Smallest soil particle
Clay
When rocks on one side of a fault sink vertically.
Normal Fault
This term is used to describe the way iight is reflected from the surface of a mieral.
Luster
Because of the salinity in seawater, the freezing point is ____.
28.8o
Silicates compose over ___ of the earth's crust.
90%
Used to provide standard names and descriptions of various soil colors.
Munsell Chart
The central feature of a volcano where ash, cinder, and magma are ejected.
Vent
Sedimentary rock composes only about ___ of the earth's crust.
5%
Regions have a ____ when they experience one high tide and one low tide per day.
Diurnal Tide
When rocks bend downward during the folding process.
Syncline
The ability of others to reach the same conclusion by performing experiments under different conditions.
Reproducibility
Instrument used to study the vibrations of earthquakes.
Seismographs
This is used to coat other materials to prevent corrosion.
Tin
The shelf break marks the beginning of the ____, where the sea floor drops away from the continent abruptly.
Continental Slope
Highest grade of coal.
Anthracite
The primary function of this element is to contribute to the general health of a plant & improve its disease resistance.
Potassium
These mountains form when molten rock is forced beneath an overlying rock layer.
Domed Mountains
Eroding action of windblown sand.
Abrasion
Where cold, deep water meets sun-warmed near surface water.
Thermocline
The breaking or peeling away of rock in layers.
Exfoliation