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Scientific Method
Layers of the Earth
Types of Rocks and Fossils
Plates and Boundaries
Weathering and Erosion
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What is a prediction about what may happen in an experiment?

Hypothesis

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How many layers of the earth are there?
4
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What are the 3 types of Rocks?
Metamorphic, Igneous, and Sedimentary
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A mountain is formed from which kind of fault or plate boundary?

Continental Convergent

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True or False: Weathering is the carrying away of sediments caused by wind and water?

False, weathering is the process of creating new soil by breaking down rocks into smaller fragments known as sediments.

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What is the variable that is measured & recorded?

dependent variable

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Which layer of the earth is made up of mostly molten rock?
Mantle
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What type of rock are most fossils found in?
Sedimentary
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The theory that the plates are constantly moving is known as _______. 

Continental Drift

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What are the 2 types of weathering?

Chemical and Physical Weathering

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True or False: An observation can be made without using any of the 5 senses?
False, an observation is made using one of your senses.
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What layer of the earth is made up of solid iron and nickel?
Inner Core
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How are igneous rocks formed?
The cooling of magma or lava
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What type of boundary causes magma to come through to the surface causing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?

Divergent Boundary

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Give an example of PHYSICAL weathering.

-Running Water -Wind -Extreme Heat - Freezing of water between cracks of rocks - Plants growing between cracks in rocks

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What is the variable that is changed by the experimenter called?
Independent variable
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What do you call the movement of heat from the core towards the crust?

convection currents

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How are sedimentary rocks formed?

Sediment compacting and cementing

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What type of boundary mostly causes earthquakes?

Transform Boundary

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Give and example of CHEMICAL weathering.

-Rocks destroyed by acid rain -plants produce acids and break down rocks.

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What is it called when experimental tests are done more than once under the same conditions?

Repeated Trials

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Which layer of the earth is the thickest layer?
The mantle
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All three rocks, through weathering and erosion, become _______. 

sediment

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Name the 3 main types of boundaries and tell what each do.

Convergent - Plates push toward each other   Divergent - Plates move away from each other. Transform- Plates slide past each other.

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What is erosion?

The movement of sediments.