Luis Mendez B3-ESPS Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are the layers of earth? | Inner, and outer core, mantle, crust |
What are the earths spheres? | Lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere,biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere |
What is the law of superposition? | the top layer of a rock is the youngest and the last layers of a rock is the oldest, each layer being younger than the one under it and older than the one over it. |
What is relative dating? | dating by relative order of past events |
What is absolute dating? | dating by a calendar |
What are the three boundaries? | convergent, divergent, and transform |
What is a convergent boundary? | When two plat tectonics move towards each other. |
What is a divergent boundary? | When two plates move away from each other |
What is a transform boundary? | When two plates rub against each other. |
What is sea floor spreading? | The formation of new oceanic crust. |
What is the first law of thermodynamics? | Heat is a form of energy, and thermodynamic processes are subject to the principle of conservation of energy |
What is the second law of thermodynamics? | As energy is transferred or transformed, more and more of it is wasted |
What is condensation? | Change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase |
What is precipitation? | Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity |
What is evaporation? | A liquid as it changes into the gaseous phase. |
What are decomposers? | Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry out the natural process of decomposition |
What is albedo? | The measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body. |
What is ecology? | The study of interactions among organisms and their environment. |
What is Homeostasis? | The tendency of organisms to auto-regulate and maintain their internal environment in a stable state |
What is sustainability? | Field of research dealing with the interactions between natural and social systems |
What is a renewable resource? | A resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally. |
What is a non renewable resource? | A resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural. |
What is biodegradable? | The disintegration of materials by bacteria, fungi, or other biological means. |
What is a non-biodegradable resource? | A resource that cannot be changed to a harmless natural state by the action of bacteria. |
What is a natural resource? | Sources used in research. |
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