front 1 A series of steps that is used to find answers to questions about the world around us. | back 1 Scientific Method |
front 2 How many steps are there to the scientific method? | back 2 6 |
front 3 The ____________________ is the starting or reference line on a map. | back 3 Equator |
front 4 Provides direction | back 4 Compass |
front 5 Key to unlocking secrets of maps | back 5 Legend |
front 6 Unit of measurement used on maps | back 6 Scale |
front 7 Flat representations of the Earth’s surface | back 7 Map |
front 8 How many main minerals do we need to know? | back 8 21 |
front 9 Ways we observe minerals. | back 9 Color, cleavage, and hardness |
front 10 Who created the Hardness Scale for minerals? | back 10 Moh |
front 11 The powdered color remaining after the mineral is dragged across a white tile. | back 11 Streak |
front 12 This describes the geological process that forms rocks. | back 12 Rock Cycle |
front 13 Three types of rocks. | back 13 Igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary |
front 14 What type of rock was once igneous or sedimentary, but has been changed due to heat and pressure? | back 14 Metamorphic Rocks |
front 15 What type of rock has distinctive layering or bedding? | back 15 Sedimentary Rocks |
front 16 How many types of weathering are there? | back 16 2 |
front 17 When water seeps into cracks in rock and then freezes, breaking the rock, is considered what type of weathering? | back 17 ice/frost wedging |
front 18 This type of erosion usually occurs in dry areas with little to no vegetation. | back 18 Erosion by wind |
front 19 Mechanical Weathering | back 19 Rock is broken down by oxidation, hydrolysis, or acid precipitation. |
front 20 Single Column | back 20 When a stalactite and stalagmite meet in the middle and fuse together. |
front 21 Chemical Weathering | back 21 Physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces. |
front 22 Slump | back 22 When a large block of soil and rock becomes unstable and moves downhill in one piece. |
front 23 Glacier | back 23 A large, slow moving mass of ice. |
front 24 If water does not infiltrate the ground or evaporate, it flows downhill under the influence of gravity. This is called __________. | back 24 Runoff |
front 25 Ridges that are formed in a natural way that can be a few feet high or hundreds. | back 25 Levees |
front 26 Earth is sometimes referred to as the __________________ planet. | back 26 Blue |
front 27 The process by which a substance change from a liquid to a gas is called. | back 27 Evaporation |
front 28 Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of _______________. | back 28 Precipitation |
front 29 This kind of glacier begins high in the mountain area and flows from the high ice fields through valleys to lower elevations. | back 29 Valley Glacier |
front 30 A cliff that sticks out into the sea and is surrounded by water on three sides. | back 30 Headland |
front 31 Stretch of sand extending from the mainland out to sea. | back 31 Spit |
front 32 A feature of a landscape. | back 32 Landform |
front 33 Landscapes can be classified into 3 regions, what are they? | back 33 Plains, plateaus, and mountains |
front 34 The Earth is composed of how many layers? | back 34 4 |
front 35 What layer is much hotter and flowing/moving? | back 35 Mantle |
front 36 What layer do we live on? | back 36 Crust |
front 37 Another name for plate tectonics is… | back 37 Lithospheric |
front 38 Who proposed the theory of the continental drift? | back 38 Alfred Wegener |
front 39 What was the name of the supercontinent where all of the land was connected together? | back 39 Pangaea |
front 40 What type of plate boundary occurs when two plates slide against each other? | back 40 Transform |
front 41 A sudden movement of Earth’s crust that release energy. | back 41 Earthquake |
front 42 Location on Earth’s surface directly above the focus. | back 42 Epicenter |
front 43 How many wave types are there when we talk about earthquakes? | back 43 2 |
front 44 This is the first wave after an earthquake is detected. | back 44 Primary |
front 45 What are the two scales used to measure earthquakes? | back 45 Mercalli and Richter |
front 46 A series of travelling waves of extremely long wavelength and time period. | back 46 Tsunami |
front 47 Three ways a tsunami forms. | back 47 Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides |
front 48 What is the average speed of a tsunami? | back 48 600 mph |
front 49 Most common way a tsunami forms. | back 49 Earthquakes |
front 50 Opening in the earth’s crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected. | back 50 Volcanoes |
front 51 Three places where volcanoes form | back 51 Convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and hotspots |
front 52 There are two types of magma, which one produces quiet eruptions. | back 52 Granitic and Basaltic |
front 53 There are there types of volcanoes. | back 53 Composite, cinder cone, and shield |
front 54 How many eras are there on the geological time scale? | back 54 4 |
front 55 This is the era we are currently living in. | back 55 Cenozoic |
front 56 A record of the life forms and geological events in Earth’s history. | back 56 Geologic time scale |
front 57 This era was when Pangea started to separate. | back 57 Mesozoic |
front 58 Jellyfish were developed in this era. | back 58 Precambrian |
front 59 How many types of fossils are there? | back 59 4 |
front 60 A shell or other hard part of an organism dissolves leaving an empty space or imprint of that organism. | back 60 Mold Fossil |
front 61 Paths of animals that crawled on or burrowed into the seafloor. | back 61 Trace Fossil |
front 62 When the space of the mold becomes filled in with minerals it will form a cast. | back 62 Cast Fossil |