Basic Measurement
This metric measurement would be best used for measuring a footprint.
What is a centimeter?
A prediction of what will happen in an experiment. Written as an "if...then" statement.
What is a hypothesis?
These are the 3 phases of matter.
What are solid, liquid, and gas?
The "saltiness" of ocean water.
What is salinity?
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates move apart.
What is divergent?
This instrument is used to measure mass.
What is a scale?
The variable in an experiment that stays the same.
What is the constant?
In this phase of matter, molecules move rapidly past each other.
What is gas?
The steep slope at the edge of the continental shelf.
What is the continental slope?
This energy causes the plates on the earth's crust to move.
What is thermal energy?
Between grams, milliliters, and centimeters, this is a measure of mass.
What is grams?
An educated guess based on prior knowledge.
What is an inference?
This type of energy is what makes molecule move faster.
What is thermal energy?
This part of the ocean floor is where most life (both plant and animal) lives.
What is the continental shelf?
This natural disaster can occur at every type of plate boundary.
This is a measure of volume.
What is liters or milliliters?
Students notice that in the fall leaves of sugar maple trees turn red, but the leaves of black oak trees turn brown. The students are making —
What is an observation?
In order to change a liquid into a solid, I would need to make the molecules so down. I can do that by doing this to the temperature.
What is decrease/drop/lower?
This is the way the oceans flow. They are like rivers flowing in circular patterns.
What are currents?
This zone is created when one layer of old earth slides under a layer of young earth when they converge. They create trenches.
What is a subduction zone?
This is the best tool to measure the temperature of water in a lake.
What is a thermometer?
Sandy is conducting an investigation to find out which food his dog likes best. The different types of dog food is the ...
Independent Variable
This phase of matter has no defined shape but does have a defined volume.
This causes waves.
What is the wind?
This is the belief that all of the continents used to be one giant one called Pangea.
What is the theory of continental drift?