Sci. Method and Measuring
Plate Tectonics
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Matter
Misc 2
100

The two types of data  

What is qualitative and quantitative data?

100

Lithospheric plate movement is caused by these in the mantle.

What are convection currents?

100

This is the formula for calculating density.

What is density equals mass divided by volume?

100

This substance consists of two or more elements that are bonded or joined.

What is a compound? 

100

List two main types of energy. 

What is potential energy and kinetic energy?

200

Liters, cubic centimeters, and milliliters all are units of _____. 

What is volume?

200

The Himalayan mountains were created when India collided with this continent

What is Asia?

200

To figure out how much space is in a block, we multiply these three distances

What are length, width, and height?

200

Daily Double - A charged atom.

What is an ion?

200

Clouds are created during this process in the phase change diagram

What is condensation?

300

When trying to solve a problem we make an educated guess, also called a _______________.

What is hypothesis?

300

New ocean crust is created in the middle of the Atlantic ocean at this type of plate boundary

What is a divergent boundary?

300

Dense basalt rock makes up this type of crustal plate

What is an oceanic plate?

300

This particle is always found in the nucleus of an atom.

What is a proton?

300

The layer of the earth that has convection currents

What is the mantle - and more specific - asthenosphere?

400

Daily Double : 

1. The tool used to measure volume is ____. 

2. The tool used to measure mass is ____. 

1. What is a graduated cylinder?

2. What is a triple beam balance?

400

The San Andrea fault in California is an example of this type of plate boundary

What is transform?

400

Less dense granite rock makes up this type of crustal plate. 

What is a continental plate?

400

The atomic number of an atom 

What is the number of protons in the nucleus?

400

North, South, East and West

What are cardinal directions?

500

1.  Number of centimeters in a meter.

2.  Number of meters in a kilometer. 

1.  What is a 100 cm?

2.  What is 1000 m?

500

Daily Double: 

1.  Subduction occurs because these lithospheric plates are more dense than continental plates.

2.  Subduction occurs at a deep ______ _______. 

1.  What are oceanic plates?

2.  What are deep ocean trenches?

500

Shows the true shape of the continents.

What is a globe?

500

From the three main states of matter, name the one that has the highest kinetic energy.

What is a gas?

500

A measurement of gravitational force.

What is weight?