Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Science Key Words

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Metamorphic Rock   A type of rock which has been charged by extreme heat or pressure.  
🗑
A Year   The time taken by earth to make one revolution around the sun which takes the period of 365 days  
🗑
Weathering   Wear away or change the appearance or texture of something by long exposure to the atmosphere.  
🗑
Water Cycle   The cycle of process by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere and land.  
🗑
Sedimentary Rock   Rock that has formed through the deposition and solid faction of sediment, especially sedimentary transported by water eg. lakes, ice or wind.  
🗑
Pseudo-Science   A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific methods.  
🗑
Plate Tectonics   A theory explaining the structure of the earths crust and many associated phenomena.  
🗑
Orbit   The regular repeated elliptical course of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star or planet.  
🗑
Mnemonic   A system such as a pattern of letters, ideas or associations which assists in remembering something.  
🗑
Magma   Hot fluid of semi-fluid material below or within the earths rust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.  
🗑
Igneous Rock   Is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.  
🗑
Biosphere   The region of the surface and atmosphere of the earth or another planet occupied by living organisms.  
🗑
Geosphere   Any of the almost spherical concentric region of the earth and it's atmosphere especially the lithosphere.  
🗑
Astronomy   The branch of science which deals with the celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole/  
🗑
Fossil Fuel   A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.  
🗑
Incident Ray   An incident ray of light that strikes a surface eg. a rare view mirror  
🗑
Constellation   A group of stars in a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after it's apparent form or identified with a mythological figure.  
🗑
Lunar Eclipse   An eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.  
🗑
Hydrosphere   All the waters on earth's surface, such as oceans, lakes and sometimes clouds.  
🗑
Atmosphere   The envelope of gasses surrounding earth or another planet.  
🗑
Acid Rain   Rainfall made so acidic that in causes environmental harm. The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuel.  
🗑
Gondwanaland   A vast continental area which is believed to have existed in the southern hemisphere and to have resulted from the break u of Pangaea and Mesozoic.  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: lucy1
Popular Science sets