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Scientific Inquiry
The Earth
Igneous Rock
Sedimentary Rock
This and That
100
The last step of scientific inquiry.
What is draw conclusions.
100
The outside layer of the Earth.
What is the crust.
100
Molten rock is made up of these two things.
What is lava and magma.
100
Bits of rocks, minerals, and dead plants and animals.
What are sediments.
100
Scientist do this in order to state a problem and figure out something that they want to know.
What is form a question.
200
The first step of scientific inquiry.
What is make an observation.
200
The thinnest layer of the earth made mostly of rock.
What is the crust.
200
This occurs when magma breaks through the Earth's surface.
What is a volcano.
200
The binding of sediments into solid rock.
What is cementation.
200
Plates in the crust moving past each other causes this.
What is an earthquake.
300
A logical guess based on evidence.
What is hypotheses.
300
This layer is made up of syrup-like rock. It can be stretched like putty.
What is the mantle.
300
Molten rock cools and crystalizes to form this type of rock.
What is igneous rock.
300
The breaking up of rocks into sediments.
What is weathering.
300
Magma above the ground is called this.
What is lava.
400
The information that you record after making an observation.
What is data.
400
This is the middle part of the Earth. The temperature is the hottest here.
What is the core.
400
After it has been weathered, igneous rock changes into this.
What is sediments.
400
Compacting and cementing makes this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock.
400
A reliable hypothesis has to be _____________.
What is tested.
500
The testing of ideas in a careful way using common sense.
What is scientific inquiry.
500
If you wanted to model the rotation of the Earth, you would use these two items.
What is a flashlight and a globe.
500
Granite has large mineral grains. Granite was formed from this.
What is magma.
500
Sedimentary rock undergoes heat and pressure to form this type of rock.
What is metamorphic rock.
500
The oldest rock layers of an eroded syncline are located here.
What is farthest from the center.