December 14, +2015

Review for midterm August December 2015: First Part

Answer:
1. What is science?
2. How do scientists investigate the natural world?
3. What is the structure of the Earth and what are the materials for each
layer?
4. How do scientists study Earths past? What are the different systems
used?
5. How do moving plates change Earths crust?
6. How does a volcano erupt?
7. What is the difference between lava and magma?
8. What are the types of lava landforms? What are the types of magma
landforms?
9. Why do earthquakes occur more often in some places than others?
10.
How do people use Earths resources?
Find the definition:
Convection currents
Radioactive Decay
Independent Variable
Magma
Fossil Index
Subduction
Folding
Uniformitarianism
Ridges

Dependent Variable
Rock Cycle
Anticline
Syncline
Trenches
Island Arches