SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Earth's Internal Structure
Tectonic Plates
The Rock Cycle
Earth's Processes
100

What is the definition of hypothesis?

A hypothesis is an educated guess about what will happen in your experiment.

100

What is the outer most layer of the earth?

The crust

100

At this boundary Earth's tectonic plates are moving away from each other:

Divergent Boundaries

100

This rock formed through cooling and solidification?

Igneous Rocks

100

_______ is a natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rock.

Weathering

200

What is an independent variable?

Independent variable is the variable that is changed.

200

What are Earth's layers from the outer most, to the inner most layer?

1. Crust

2. Mantle

3. Outer Core

4. Inner Core

200

At his plate boundary, Earth's tectonic plates are moving toward each other. What are some effects?

Converging

-Mountains

-Volcanoes

-Trenches

-Earthquakes

200

This rock type is formed through sedimentation and compaction:

Sedimentary Rocks
200

____________ is when tiny pieces of the Earth's surface are moved from one place to another.

Erosion


300

What is a dependent variable? 

Dependent variable is the variable affected by the change of the independent variable.

300

What is the thickest layer of the earth?

Mantle

300

At this boundary type, Earth's tectonic plates slide past each other:

Transform boundaries

300

This rock type is formed through heat and pressure:

Metamorphic

300

________________ is when pieces of the Earth are deposited somewhere else.

Deposition

400

What is the independent variable in this experiment? 

Ms. Barragan wanted to see the room temperature affected students test scores.

The rooms temperature

400

Fill in the blank:

The closer to the center of the earth the ________ the temperature and pressure. 

higher

400

What type of energy causes the earths plates to move?

Thermal

400

Scientist classify rocks by how they are ________.

formed

400

Fossils are found in ________ rock.

Sedimentary
500

What is the dependent variable in this experiment?


Will the amount of salt in water impact how fast it freezes?

How fast the water freezes

500

Which layer of the earth has the highest temperature and pressure?

Inner core

500

What is an event is caused by a transform boundary?

Earthquake

500

____________________ is a system that shows how rocks change or transform over time.

The Rock Cycle

500

_________ provide information of Earth's conditions in the past.

Fossils