Weather
Rocks
Waves
Heat Transfer
Miscellaneous
100

What is a condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a certain place and time?

Weather


100

What type of rock is formed through intense heat and increased pressure?

Metamorphic 

100

When light hits a smooth surface and bounces back, it is an example of ______________

Reflection 

100

 __________________ is the energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object

Heat 

100

An if/then statement that makes a prediction of the outcome of an experiment is called ________

Hypothesis 

200

What type of cloud is associated as a thunder cloud?

Cumulonimbus 

200

What is the name of the process that produces sedimentary rocks in which minerals in water glue the pieces of sediments together?

Cementation 

200

If two ocean waves collide from opposite directions so they momentarily form a bigger, hill-like shape before continuing in their original directions, what type of action is occurring?

Constructive Interference 

200

What type of heat transfer was occurring in the solar pizza oven where heat waves travelled from heat lamps to the box causing our pizza box to heat up?

Radiation 

200

Using the highest objective magnification, what would be the total magnification on a standard microscope?

400x

300

What tool that measures wind speed?

Anemometer 

300

What type of rock is formed when lava cools quickly on Earth's surface?

Extrusive Igneous Rock 

300

A megaphone is used to increase sound waves as they travel in the air. What wave behavior is being used when using a megaphone?

Diffraction 

300

_______________ is the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object or substance.

Thermal Energy

300

Which organelle stores water, food, waste products, or other materials?

Vacuole 

400

What are the two forces of the water cycle?

The Sun & Gravity 

400

Directional pressure can cause the minerals to align in layers in metamorphic rock called ________________.

Foliation 

400

Two waves are traveling toward each other and are going to interact. The waves meet with a crest of 2 inches of amplitude for wave 1 and a trough of 3 inches of amplitude for wave 2. What will be the resulting amplitude of the interaction between the waves?

Trough-1 inch

400

_________________ is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object or substance.

Temperature 

400

Which feature results when plates of different densities converge and one plate slips under the other?

Trench 

500

Where is most of the worlds freshwater located?

Glaciers and Ice Caps 

500

What is the most common agent of erosion for moving sediment?

Moving Water 

500

What color will appear on an object that is reflecting all colors of the visible light spectrum?

White 
500

When energy is transformed from one state of matter to another, the total amount of energy in the system...

Conserved (Doesn't change) 

500

What is the name of the tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes that stretches around the pacific ocean?

Ring of Fire