Earth Structures
What is an example of chemical weathering?
Acid Rain, Carbonic Acid, Living Organisms, Oxidation.
What is the best method to seek protection from a tornado?
Move to the lowest flood of the building.
True or False:
Science is based on absolute truths, therefore science is never wrong.
False.
Mr's Amaya dog's name is...
Winston
Sediment is formed by
weathered rock.
The catastrophic event shown in this picture formed over water, produced high winds and heavy rains, and brought a large storm surge to New Orleans. The natural disaster is a
hurricane.
Water always flows down a water slide.
The harder a ball is hit, the faster it will travel.
Small birds use less energy to fly as fast as big birds.
The statements above are examples of
scientific laws.
Mrs. Amaya's Starbucks order is...
Iced caramel macchiato
Name the three layers of the earth
Crust, mantle, core.
Heat waves are periods of excessively hot and dry weather. In areas of prolonged drought, heat waves can cause wild fires and destroy vegetation. What tactic is essential in preventing wild fires from occurring?
Closely monitor and immediately extinguish small fires.
Liz and Michelle are testing which ball will bounce the highest. They test 4 different balls. Each ball is dropped five times from the same height. The height of the bounce is measured. At the end of the experiment, the data for each ball was averaged to obtain an average bounce height. If yes, why?
Yes, they averaged the measurements and had multiple trials.
Describe the water cycle.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
What are the three rock types and how are they formed.
Sedimentary: erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction.
Metamorphic: heat & pressure.
Igneous: melting & cooling of magma.
Coastal areas in India are prone to flooding due to cyclones during the tropical season. What mitigation would best prevent human impacts due to the tropical cyclones that affect India?
reducing the homes that are built along the coastal areas that often flood
The ability to reproduce results is an important part of any science experiment. Knowing variables in an experiment allows a scientist to consistently replicate results.
Identify the variable(s) that a scientist needs to be aware of when replicating an experiment.
control, dependent and independent
Before Mrs. Amaya became a teacher she was an educator at a...
Zoo.
Name the three types of plate motions and how they move.
Divergent: Away from each other.
Transform: Rubbing against each other.
Your family has heard that a hurricane is predicted for the area where you live. You cannot evacuate the area. Your parents have boarded up the windows and stocked up on water and food so you can rise out the storm. Your family safety plan includes a list of things that should be doe following the storm. What is one thing that would NOT be on that list?
Go outside immediately to see what damage the storm has caused.
Science is not absolute. Explain what that statement means. Give a historical example that shows us that science is not absolute.
Science is constantly changing, as new technologies and discoveries are made. An example of this is the theory that the earth was flat.
List the order of the planets from the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.