Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Earth
Scientists
Biomes
100
What are the waves of energy that travel through the Earth's layers, and are a result of an earthquake, explosion, or a volcano?
What are seismic waves?
100
What is a fracture in any planet-like mass which may be spewing lava or magma?
What is a volcano?
100
What is the name of the middle layer of Earth that is the thickest among all layers?
What is the mantle?
100
What are experiments where some aspect of the experiment is controlled like the subject, environment, specimen, variable, etc?
What is a controlled experiment?
100
What is the amount of life an ecosystem can support
What is the carrying capacity?
200
What is is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, resulting from the sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves?
What is an earthquake?
200
What is molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed?
What is magma?
200
The outer layer of planets, specifically Earth.
What is the crust?
200
What is a scientific procedure carried out to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or state a fact
What is an experiment?
200
What is a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment?
What is an ecosystem?
300
What is the point of origin of an earthquake?
What is the focus?
300
What is the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent?
What is lava?
300
What is the electricity produced by running water called?
What is hydroelectric energy?
300
What is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point?
What is a hypothesis?
300
What is the branch of biology dealing with the interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms?
What is ecology?
400
What is the process called when rock undergo bending or/and curvature?
What is folding?
400
What is related to rocks rich and dark, ferromagnesian minerals.
What is mafic?
400
What is the substance produced by fusing two or more kinds of other substances to create a reaction?
What is chemical energy?
400
What is the theory that certain knowledge is impossible?
What is skepticism?
400
What is a complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region?
What is a biome?
500
DAILY 500! What is a planar fracture in rock in which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock mass movement?
What is a fault?
500
DAILY 500! What encompasses written, numerical, and digital education as people pertain to understanding science, its methodology, observations, and theories.
What is scientific literacy?