Earth Science
The branch of science that deals with the Earth and it's atmosphere.
What is Earth Science?
The movement of electrons in a circuit.
What is electricity?
Solid, liquid, and gas.
What are the 3 main states of matter?
The process that erodes and breaks down rock layers into sediment.
What is weathering?
The source of energy comes from the intense heat below Earth's surface.
What is geothermal energy?
The relative method scientists use to find the age of a fossil.
What is carbon dating?
A substance changing from a solid to a liquid.
What is Melting?
The heat transfer method a curling iron uses.
What is conduction?
The ___ is a liquid layer of the earth made of molten rock that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates to move on top it.
What is the mantle?
What uses the energy of the sun to produce electricity?
Solar
The largest biome on Earth.
What is marine?
A substance changes phase from a solid to a gas.
What is sublimation?
The method of heat transfer that a fire uses to warm a person across the room.
What is radiation?
_________ boundaries cause earthquakes
What is a transform boundary?
Solar, hydropower, and food crops.
This relationship occurs when the organisms inhabiting an ecosystem need more energy than the ecosystem can support.
What is competition?
A substance changes phase from a gas to a solid.
What is deposition?
What is thermal equilibrium?
The ______ ocean is expanding due to a mid-ocean ridge.
What is the Atlantic?
The fossil fuel that causes the least amount of air pollution.
What is natural gas?
An organism that produces its own food.
What is an autotroph?
The phase change releases energy to its surroundings.
What is freezing?
The point at which all molecular movement is halted.
What is absolute zero?