Semester 1 Final Vocab

Question 1

height above sea level

Answer 1

elevation

Question 2

areas of land that are areas of elevation, relief, and landform

Answer 2

topography

Question 3

landforms with high elevation

Answer 3

plateau

Question 4

different groups of mountain ranges in a given range

Answer 4

mountain system

Question 5

plain that lies above the seacoast with low elevation and low relief

Answer 5

coastal plain

Question 6

a group of mountain ranges or systems

Answer 6

mountain belt

Question 7

used to describe the distance in elevation

Answer 7

relief

Question 8

group of mountains that are closely related in age and structure

Answer 8

mountain range

Question 9

uppermost part of the mantle and crust

Answer 9

lithosphere

Question 10

layer of molten metal

Answer 10

outer core

Question 11

soft layer of rock in the mantle

Answer 11

asthenosphere

Question 12

layer of hot rock 40 KM beneath the surface

Answer 12

mantle

Question 13

dense ball of metal

Answer 13

inner core

Question 14

layer of solid rock that forms earth’s skin

Answer 14

crust

Question 15

heat movement of heat fluid using liquid/gas

Answer 15

convection

Question 16

transfer of energy through empty space - no direct contact between surface and object

Answer 16

radiation

Question 17

transfer of heat energy by direct contact

Answer 17

conduction

Question 18

a simple, useful, workable representation of something in the world

Answer 18

model

Question 19

data describing an observation using words

Answer 19

descriptive data

Question 20

the collection of observations, explanations, and models produced through an organized study of nature and the processes found in nature

Answer 20

science

Question 21

any information scientists collect by observing nature

Answer 21

data

Question 22

a model that attempts to explain a set of observations

Answer 22

theory

Question 23

the knowledge and practices of observing the earth and its practices

Answer 23

earth science

Question 24

a basic assumption about the world that a person assumes is true

Answer 24

presupposition

Question 25

an orderly way of investigating a question in science by using measurable and repeatable observations to test a hypothesis

Answer 25

scientific process

Question 26

the overall perspective based on presuppositions that a person uses to view and interpret the world

Answer 26

worldview

Question 27

an initial explanation for a scientific problem

Answer 27

hypothesis

Question 28

God's command in Genesis 1:28 to manage the earth wisely and use it for His glory

Answer 28

creation mandate

Question 29

data that usually consists of numbers with units

Answer 29

measured data

Question 30

a description of the relationship between two or more variables that is based on repeated observations

Answer 30

law

Question 31

Wind and water scrape away at rocks until tiny bits fall off

Answer 31

erosion

Question 32

rock that contains a metal or other valuable materials that can be mixed

Answer 32

ore

Question 33

a mineral breaks apart in an irregular way

Answer 33

fracture

Question 34

each mineral has an amount. non metals = low metallic metals = high

Answer 34

density

Question 35

when particles dissolved in a liquid solidify in an orderly, repeating pattern

Answer 35

crystallization

Question 36

magma cools slowly and hardens underground

Answer 36

intrusive

Question 37

bands of different mineral grains arranged in layers

Answer 37

foliated

Question 38

color of a mineral's powder

Answer 38

streak

Question 39

identify minerals that have their own characteristic coloring

Answer 39

color

Question 40

narrow channels of slab material different from the surrounding rock

Answer 40

veins

Question 41

created when magma or lava cools and crystalizes

Answer 41

igneous

Question 42

sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it

Answer 42

deposition

Question 43

using Mohs scale, this ranks ten minerals from softest to hardest

Answer 43

hardness

Question 44

mineral breaks easily along flat surface

Answer 44

cleavage

Question 45

naturally round, hollow rock with minerals

Answer 45

geode

Question 46

natural processes that change one type of rock into a different rock

Answer 46

rock cycle

Question 47

heat and pressure changes a rock

Answer 47

metamorphic

Question 48

magma erupts slowly at the surface of the earth

Answer 48

extrusive

Question 49

how light is reflected from a mineral's surface

Answer 49

luster

Question 50

naturally occurring inorganic solid with a crystal structure

Answer 50

mineral

Question 51

nearly flat or gently rolling land with low relief

Answer 51

plains

Question 52

landform with high elevation and high relief

Answer 52

mountain

Question 53

place where 2 plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions

Answer 53

transform boundary

Question 54

2 plates move apart or diverge usually occur at a mid-ocean ridge

Answer 54

divergent boundary

Question 55

place where a Continental plate collides with an oceanic plate, the denser plate will subduct

Answer 55

convergent boundary (ocean - to - continent)

Question 56

2 continental plates collide creating mountain ranges since plates have some density

Answer 56

convergent boundary (continent - to - continent)