Science Review For Test
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- What is constructive forces
- Process where Earth is built up by new mountains or new landforms
- What is destructive forces
- Process where mountains or landforms are being worn down
- What is a continent
- Large land mass that is surrounded by sea
- What is a rock
- The material that makes up earth's hard surface
- What is a geologist
- A person who studies teh forces that make and shape Earth
- What is Geology
- The study of teh forces that make and shape Earth
- What is convection and give examples
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Heat transfer in a movment of a heated fluid
Examples:
oven, and a convection current - What is conduction and give examples
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Heat transfer through direct contact
Examples:
heated sand, stove, warm water, burn yourself, heated blankets and grill - What is density
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The amount of mass in a particular volume
density= mass divided by volume - What is a convection current
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The movement of fluid caused by different temperatures that transfer heat from one part of teh fluid to another
Examples:
convection currents in the manlte, boiling water - What is radiation and give examples
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Heat transfer through a open space
Examples:
heat from the sun, microwave, fire, radiator and oven - What is heat transfer
- The movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object
- Who was Alfred Wegener
- He was a German scientist who propsed the hypothesis of Continental Drift
- What is Continetal Drift
- It was the hypothesis that states all o fthe Earth's continents were once joined in a single land mass and have since been slowly drifting apart
- What is Pangaea
- Proposed time when all land masses were connected