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1st Quater Terms 703
7th Grade Science Terms
Question | Answer |
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Hydrosphere | The layer of water on the Earth. (Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, etc.) |
Lithosphere | The layer of land on the Earth. (Hills, Mountains, Cliffs, etc.) |
Atmosphere | The layer of air on the Earth. (Oxygen, Hydrogen, Helium, etc.) |
Plate Tectonics | The plates that drift on top of the magma in the mantle. |
Continental Drift | Wegener's theory of why the continents drifted to their present-day locations. |
Pangaea | The super continent that consists of all the continents. |
Crust | Outermost layer of the Earth. First Layer. |
Mantle | The second layer of the Earth. Holds the magma. Second layer. |
Outter Core | The outter layer of the core. Third layer. |
Core | The innermost part of the Earth. Made of solid Iron Ore. Around 1500 degrees. |
Matter | Anything in the world that takes up space. |
Gas | Matter that has no definite shape or volume. Some examples are oxygen, hydrogen,and helium. |
Liquid | Matter that has a definite volume but not a definete shape. Some examples are water, salvia,and juice. |
Solid | Objects that have a definite shape or volume. Some exaples are books, computers, clocks. |
Equator | An imaginary line that goes East and West of the Earth and measures North and South. |
Prime Meridian | An imaginary line that goes North and South of the Earth and measures East and West. |
Fossils | Preserved organisms that are submerged into the Earth as rocks or stones. |
Mass | A unit in science. Used as (g) or grams and for measuring how heavy an object is. |
Volume | A unit obtained by multiplying the length, width, and height of and object. |
Density | A unit obtained by dividing the objects mass by their volume. |