Earth Science
What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?
Transform Boundary
What is the formula for calculating speed?
s=d/t
What is the term for the ability of a substance to dissolve in another substance?
solubility
What type of energy is stored in chemical bonds?
Chemical Energy
What is the term for maintaining a stable internal environment?
Homeostasis (also equilibrium)
What is the process by which sediments are pressed together to form sedimentary rock?
Compaction
What is the term for the force that opposes motion between two surfaces?
Friction
What are the three subatomic particles that make up an atom?
Protons, neutrons, electrons
What type of wave transfers energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic Waves
What is the molecule that carries genetic information?
DNA
What is the term for the shaking of Earth's surface caused by the release of energy in the crust?
Earthquake
If a car accelerates from 0 to 60 m/s in 10 seconds, what is its acceleration?
6 m/s
What is the difference between a mixture and a compound?
A mixture is physically combined; a compound is chemically combined
In a pendulum, at which point is potential energy the greatest?
Highest Point
What type of organism produces its own food through photosynthesis?
Autotroph
Which type of rock is formed from cooling and solidification of magma or lava?
Igneous
What does Newton’s Third Law state?
Every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is the term for the amount of mass in a given volume?
Density
What is the process of energy transfer by the movement of fluids, like air or water?
Convection
What is the name of the process by which cells divide to produce two identical daughter cells?
Mitosis
What drives the movement of tectonic plates?
(hint: we talked about it in weather.)
Convection currents
What type of energy is associated with an object's height above the ground?
Gravitational Potential Energy
What is the difference between an exothermic and endothermic reaction?
(hint: Think of the prefix Endo & Exo)
exothermic reaction releases energy; an endothermic reaction absorbs energy.
Energy transfer in a windmil
mechanical to electrical
In a food web, what is the role of organisms that convert sunlight into chemical energy?
Producers