Geologic Processes
What we look for on another planet as evidence of its habitability.
Liquid water (or oxygen atmosphere)
The sphere of the Earth that contains all the oceans, lakes, rivers, and groundwater.
Hydrosphere
An athlete wonders if drinking a sports drink will help her run faster in track. She predicts that switching from water to gatorade will decrease her time on the 400 meter dash. Every other day in practice she alternates between water and gatorade. After two weeks, she determines that her average time on the 400 meter was the same for both drinks. She then predicts that the amount of hydration matters more than the type of beverage. What step of the scientific method was her wondering if a sport drink would help her run faster?
Identifying a question
The #1 movie currently in theaters, based on ticket sales.
Deadpool and Wolverine
Geologic processes like flowing lava or flowing water can lead to this type of landform, which from space looks like a long, narrow groove of lower elevation.
Channel
When we compare landforms of the and see they are similar in aerial photograms, physical models, and rock samples, they were probably made by the same ________________________.
Earth is the only planet we know for sure has this sphere.
Biosphere
An athlete wonders if drinking a sports drink will help her run faster in track. She predicts that switching from water to gatorade will decrease her time on the 400 meter dash. Every other day in practice she alternates between water and gatorade. After two weeks, she determines that her average time on the 400 meter was the same for both drinks. She then predicts that the amount of hydration matters more than the type of beverage. What step of the scientific method was her prediction that drinking more of any drink would improve her time?
Revising the hypothesis
The most used social media by teenagers.
YouTube
A wide, straight channel composed of basalt rocks would probably be formed by this geologic process.
Flowing lava
What was the independent variable in our investigation using two stream tables?
Steepness (or tray height)
The sphere of the Earth that contains all the oxygen we breath.
Atmosphere
A teacher thinks that fining students $1 for every minute they are late to class will cut down on tardies. She enacts her policy for a week and compares to attendance from the week before. She calculates tardies went down by 50%. She determines that her policy works and tells the principal. What step of the scientific method was telling the principal?
Communicating findings
The most sold vehicle line of all time in the US.
Ford F-150
A windy, branching channel that leads to a triangular shaped alluvial fan was probably formed by this process.
Flowing water
Landforms can be formed by fast or slow geologic processes. In general, a deep canyon formed by erosion from a river takes ________ time to form than a lava tube from an erupting volcano.
more
All the rocks and landforms like mountains and channels on a rocky planet are part of this sphere.
Geosphere
A teacher thinks that fining students $1 for every minute they are late to class will cut down on tardies. She enacts her policy for a week and compares to attendance from the week before. She calculates tardies went down by 50%. She determines that her policy works and tells the principal. What step of the scientific method was calculating how much tardies decreased?
Analyzing data
The team the Saints played yesterday.
Tennessee Titans
Rocks formed by flowing water dropping rounded pebbles of varying sizes are called this.
Conglomerate
Louisiana is losing its coastal land to erosion, subsidence (sinking), and rising sea level. What data would you need to collect to make a prediction about how much land will be lost in the next fifty years?
Multiple possible correct answers, such as rate of sea level rise or area of land lost per year
Rank the atmospheres of the rocky planets from thickest to thinnest: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Venus > Earth > Mars > Mercury
A student sets up several large diet cokes and drops a different number of mentos candies into each one. She takes a video recording and measures the height of the eruption from each bottle. What component of the experiment is the number of mentos?
Independent variable
The fast food franchise with the most locations in the US.
Subway