You would use a ______________ to measure mass of an object.
What is a balance?
100
A scientific hypothesis must be _______________
What is testable?
100
Metamorphic rocks that are______________ have mineral grains that are arranged randomly.
What is non-foliated?
100
Holes drilled several kilometers into Earth’s crust provide direct evidence about Earth’s interior in the form of ___________________
What is an observation?
100
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
What are the crust, mantle, outer core, inner core?
200
The metric system of measurement is based on the number ________
What is the number 10?
200
When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way, they are __________________________.
What is classifying?
200
Marble and _______________ are two useful metamorphic rocks.
What is slate?
200
Geologists’ main evidence about the structure of Earth’s interior comes from ________________ and _______________________
What are rock sample and seismic waves?
200
The origin, texture and mineral composition are used to identify ___________ rocks
What are igneous rocks?
300
You would measure the distance from NY to NJ in ______________________
What are Km?
300
A group of parts that work together is called a _______________________
What is a system?
300
The process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it is ________
What is deposition?
300
An igneous rock commonly used as building material is _______________
What is granite?
300
Heat and pressure deep beneath Earth’s surface can change any rock into ______________ rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
When scientific work conflicts with the beliefs of society and its leaders, a _________________ can arise.
What is a controversy?
400
In order for an investigation to be considered an experiment, you must identify and control the _______________________.
What is the variable?
400
7. Mantle material rises in convection currents because heated materials become ____________________dense.
What is less?
400
Geologists classify metamorphic rocks according to the _____________________ markings
What is grain?
400
Any rock formed when another rock is changed by heat or pressure is a ______________________ rock.
What is metamorphic?
500
During a controlled experiment, if you purposely change the temperature to test a hypothesis, the temperature is called the ______________________ variable.
What is the independent?
500
An _________________ involves identifying and controlling variables
What is an experiment?
500
Sand grains, pebbles, mud, shells and leaves are all examples of _________________
What is sediment?
500
A series of processes on Earth’s surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another is called the __________________