Show:
Questions
Responses
Print
Chemistry
Energy
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Electromagnetic Spectrum
100
Gold can be pounded into sheets. This property of metals is called...
What is malleability
100
something that does not conduct electricity
What is an insulator (or nonmetals)
100
what is a molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases and water from the mantle
What is magma
100
An instrument that measures earthquakes is
What is a seismograph
100
Which radiation has the longest wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum?
What is radio waves
200
Semiconductors are found in this family
What is metalloids
200
Energy rich chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen
What is hydrocarbons
200
The volcanic belt on the rim of the pacific ocean is named..
What is the Ring of Fire
200
A fault where plates slide past each other
What is strike-slip (or transform) fault
200
This kind of radiation is known to cause skin cancer
What is ultraviolet radiation
300
Atoms of the SAME element with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons are called...
What is an isotope
300
Name three nonrenewable resources (fossil fuels)
What is coal, oil, natural gas
300
A plate boundary in which one denser plate sinks beneath another
What is subduction (converging boundary)
300
These waves come first during an earthquake
What is P waves
300
Which color has the shortest wavelength, red or violet?
What is violet
400
Elements that are gaseous at room temperature are likely to be classified as metals, nonmetals, or metalloids?
What is nonmetals
400
A gas that traps heat in the earth's atmosphere
What is a greenhouse gas and/or carbon dioxide.
400
Mid ocean ridges form along diverging or converging plate boundaries?
What is diverging plate boundary
400
These waves cause the most structural damage
What is surface waves
400
Explosions of stars in the universe are thought to cause these waves
What is gamma rays
500
2H2 + 02 ----> 2H20. This is a balanced equation. If 100 molecules of oxygen react, how many molecules of water will be created?
What is 200
500
This converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
What is a generator
500
What kind of volcanoes form Hawaii?
What is hot spot volcanoes
500
What causes the Earth's plates to move?
What is convection currents in the mantle
500
Name the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum in order
radio, microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays