Light and Matter
Light bouncing off an object.
What is reflection?
The energy associated with particle motion.
What is thermal energy?
The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
What is weather?
Large pieces of Earth's outer layer that move slowly.
What are tectonic plates?
Rock formed when magma cools.
What is igneous rock?
Light passing through a material and bending.
What is refraction?
When energy moves from a warmer object to a cooler object.
What is energy transfer?
The average weather over many years.
What is climate?
The type of boundary where plates move toward each other.
What is a convergent boundary?
Rock formed from compacted sediments.
What is sedimentary rock?
The reason two people can see the same object differently.
What is light reaching their eyes from different angles?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
The process that formed the Himalayas and Mt. Everest.
What is continental collision?
Rock changed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
A material that allows most light to pass through.
What is transparent?
Particles in a hot object move _____ than particles in a cold object.
What is faster?
Water changing from liquid to gas
What is evaporation?
Molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
What is magma?
The process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
We see objects because this happens first.
What is light reflecting into our eyes?
The best container for keeping a drink cold would have this property.
What is insulation?
Scientists use these to measure air temperature.
What are thermometers?
Evidence scientists use to show plates move.
What is GPS data?
The movement of sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?