In the graham cracker lab, what represented sediment?
Small pieces or particles of cracker
100
This is the act of ice freezing and thawing in cracks in the Earth's crust that causes mechanical weathering.
Frost Action
100
Define acid precipitation
Acid precipitation is rain, snow, sleet or hail with a high level of acid.
100
What is the date of Ms. Alasry's wedding?
June 15th
200
What is a good hypothesis for the graham cracker lab?
If I pour water on a graham cracker, then particles of the cracker will fall off the cracker and dissolve.
200
What are the agents of abrasion?
Ice, water, wind, gravity, living things, other rocks
200
What is an example of natural acids?
Answers may vary
200
What are the steps of the Scientific Method?
Question
Background Research
Hypothesis
Design and Conduct Experiment
Gather results
Analyze data
Draw Conclusions
Communicate results
Come up with questions for further investigation
300
What represented acid precipitation in the antacid lab?
Vinegar
300
When rocks are weathered, ________ is formed.
Sediment
300
How is a sinkhole formed?
chemical weathering of limestone due to groundwater dissolving the limestone
300
What are the three types of symbiotic relationships?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
400
The skill where you use your senses (looking and listening) to understand what is happening in a lab is called....
Observation
400
What are the three types of sediment?
Sand, soil, clay, gravel etc.
400
What is the main decomposer that releases acids in natural environments?
Lichens
400
What is the difference between a decomposer and a consumer?
A decomposer attains its energy from dead organisms and consumers attain their energy from living and dead organisms.
500
The grahm cracker lab demonstrated what type of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
500
Give one word with 7 letters that can be made from the term "mechanical weathering."
Channel
500
Water can cause chemical weathering. True or false?
True
500
What is the main element that is in the inner core?