Provincial Flashcards
What have the greatest stores of carbon
Marine sediment and sedimentary rocks
What do nitrogen fixation and decomposition of organic materials have in common.
Enrich the soil
What is an ionic compound
Compounds that are composed of positive and negative ions
A compound composed of metals and non metals
What is an ion
An atom or molecule where the amount of electrons is not equal to the amount of protons
What is a diatomic molecule
A pair of atoms of the same element that are joined by covalent bonds
Particle speed from slowest to fastest
Liquid, solid, gas
What is an appropriate unit for velocity
Km/h
What happens if 2 balls are dropped
The balls fall with the same acceleration
Velocity increase as it falls
As they fall the distance between them increase
Rate of change in velocity is
M/s(with a little 2 exponent thing)
What 2 things happen as something falls
Velocity increases
Acceleration is constant
What do subduction zones create
Volcanoes and mountains
What is Alfred Wegner’s theory of continental drift based on
Fossil distribution
How continents fit together
Matching mountain ranges
What is a divergent and what it causes
Areas where plates move apart
Contribute to sea floor spreading and create ridges
What is a convergence
And what it causes
Areas where plates meet
Create subduction zones
What is a transform zone
What does it cause
When plates move plates move past each other
Earthquakes
