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Question | Answer |
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What is a Chemical Change? | A change of matter that occurs when atoms link together in a new way,creating a new substance differnt from the original substances |
What is Buoyancy? | The upward push of a liquid or gas on an object placed in it. |
What is a Physical Change? | A change of matter in size, shape or state that does not change the specific type of matter. |
What is Matter? | Anything that has mass and takes up some space. |
What is Mass? | A measure of the amount of matter in an object. |
What is a Cell? | The smallest unit of living matter. |
What is a Focus? | The point where an earthquake starts. |
What is a Hot Spot? | A stationary location in the Earth's mantle where magma melts through a tectonic plate. |
What is a Fault? | A deep crack in the Earth's crust. |
What is an Element? | A pure substance that can't be broken down into any simpler substances through chemical reactions. |
What is a Barrier Island? | A string of offshore islands that shield the mainland from waves and high wind storms. |
What is Chlorophyll? | A green chemical in plant cells that allows them to use the sun's energy to make foods. |
What is an Earthquake? | A sudden shaking in Earth's crust. |
What is a Volcano? | An Earth's crust which lava may flow. |
What is Lava? | Hot melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface. |
What is Magma? | Hot melted rock below the Earth's surface. |
What is a Nucleus? | The center of an atom that has most of it's mass. |
What is a Neutron? | A particle is the nucleus of an atom that has no electrical charges. |
What is a Proton? | A particle in the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of positive electrical charge. |
What is an Electron? | A particle in space outside the nucleus of an atom that carries one unit of negative eletric charge. |
What is an Epicenter? | The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. |
What is Magnitude? | The amount of energy released from a Earthquake. |
What is Heredity? | The passing down of inherited traits from one generation to the next. |
Where is the Ring of Fire? | The Ring of Fire is in the Pacific Ocean. |
What is an organ? | A group of tissues working together to do a certain job. |
What is Erosion? | The process of pulling away soil or pieces of rock. |
What is Evaporation. | The slow change of a liquid into a gas below the boiling point. |
What is Depostion? | The process of dropping off pieces of eroded rock. |
What is a Precipitate. | A solid formed by the chemical reactions of two solutions. |
What are Plate Tectonics? | A scientific theory that the Earth's crusr is made from moving plates. |