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Science Game 2
A Science Game
Question | Answer |
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What is a volcano? | A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust. |
What is a cell? | A cell is the smallest unit of living things that can carry out the basic processes of life. |
What is an organism? | An organism is any living thing. |
What does a plant cell have, but an animal cell does not? | A cell wall. |
What is lava? | Lava is magma that reaches the surface. |
Where is the Ring of Fire? | The Ring of Fire is in the Pacific Ocean. |
What is buoyancy? | Buoyancy is the upward push push of liquid or gas on an object placed on it |
What is a hot spot? | A stationary location in the Earth's mantle where magma melts through a tectonic plate. |
What is a decomposer? | An organism that breaks down dead material into simpler subtances. |
WWhat is Chemical Change? | A change of matter that occurs when atoms link together in a new way, creating anew subtance different from the original subtances. |
What is a Phisycal Change? | A change of matter in size, shape, or state that does not change the type of matter. |
What is the mantle? | A nearly melted layer of hot rock below the Earth's surface. |
What is magnitude? | The amount of energy released from an earthquake. |
What is magma? | Hot melted rock below the Earth's surface. |
What is erosion? | The proccess of carrying away soil or peices of rocks. |
What is the epicenter? | The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake. |
What is the focus? | The point where an earthquake starts. |
What a a floodplain? | Land near a river that is likely to be under water during a flood. |
What is a fault? | A deep crack in the Earth's crust. |
What is a fall line? | The point at which waterfalls stop appearing on a river. |
What is the inner core? | A solid layer of iron and nickel inside the Earth. |
What is a glacier? | A large sheet of ice and snow that moves slowly over land. |