Properties
Weather and Rocks
About the Earth
This and That
Energy
100

A beaker exploding after a substance is added is an example of this property.

What is chemical property?

100

This weather occurs along a cold front.

What is precipitation?

100

The convection currents in this layer are believed to be responsible for the movements of Earth's tectonic plates.

What is the mantle?

100

This is the formula for finding the volume of a solid.

What is length x width x height?
100

This type of energy is almost always produced during transformations.

What is heat?

200

Particles move very quickly in this state of matter.

What is gas?

200

An air mass over central Canada would have these characteristics.

What is cold and dry?

200

This is the layer of water covering the Earth's crust.

What is hydrosphere?

200

Water boils at this temperature (Celsius).

What is 100 degrees?

200

This law states that energy is neither created nor destroyed.  

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

300

This physical property is measured when a rock is placed in a graduated cylinder.

What is volume?

300
A rock sample containing cementing material would be classified as this.

What is sedimentary?

300

Water is released into the atmosphere from land organisms during this process.

What is transpiration?

300
A tree and a bird would be classified as this.

What are different kingdoms, different species?

300

When molecules collide with other molecules, they transfer heat with this.

What is conduction?

400

A substance changing from a solid directly to a gas is undergoing this change.

What is sublimation?

400

These factors are responsible for the movement of air masses over North America.

What are prevailing winds and upper currents?

400

This evidence led scientists to believe that there are different layers within the Earth's interior.

What is analysis of earthquake wave data?

400

One example of this is when water droplets form on the outside of a glass.

What is condensation?

400

As a skier moves down a steep, snow- covered hill, his Kinetic energy will do this.

What is increase?

500

Bonds between atoms are broken and new bonds are formed during this change.

What is a chemical change?

500
This type of rock will form when a sedimentary rock is exposed to heat and pressure.

What is a metamorphic rock?

500

This is the thin, solid outer shell of the Earth's surface.

What is the lithosphere?

500
You can test the hardness of a mineral by doing this.

What is scratching it on a glass plate?

500

This type of energy is not involved in the human body.

What is nuclear energy?