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Ch 3 and 4 science
Earth's System
Question: What is a group of parts that work together?a) energy
b) system
c) convection
d) constructive force
Answer: b
Question: what is the ability to do worka)energy
b)system
c)convection
d)constructive force
Answer: a
Question: what are the four "spheres?"
Answer: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere
Question: what does the biosphere consist of?
Answer: living organisms
Question: what tells us about the change in a system
Answer: feedback
Heat Transfer
Question: the three types of heat transfer
Answer: convection, radiation, and conduction
Question: transfer in energy carried in rays
Answer: radiation
Question: transfer my movement of a fluid
Answer: convection
Question: transfer between materials that are touching
Answer: conduction
Question: there are _______ currents in Earth
Answer: convection
Pangaea/Continental Drift
Question: the scientist who first developed the idea that the continents were once all formed together
Answer: Alfred Wegener
Question: Wegener couldn't figure out how the continents ____ ,so his hypothesis was rejected
Answer: moved
Question: what are the three types of evidence Wegener used to support his hypothesis
Answer: land features, climate, fossils
Question: any trace of an ancient organism that has been preserved in rock is ____
Answer: fossils
Question: what did Wegener call the "supercontinent"
Answer: Pangaea
Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
Question: _____ forms new rock from molten material
Answer: mid ocean ridges
Question: ____ is where old rock goes
Answer: deep ocean trenches
Question: a device that uses sound waves to measure the distance to an object
Answer: sonar
Question: what are the three types of evidence that was used for sea-floor spreading
Answer: ocean material, magnetic stripes, drilling samples
Question: as ______ occurs, old rock moves towards deep ocean trenches
Answer: subduction
Plate Tectonics
Question: when plates move apart from one another, it is called a _____ boundary
Answer: divergent
Question: when plates slip past eachother, it is called a _____ boundary
Answer: transform
Question: when plates collide with eachother, it is called a ______ boundary
Answer: convergent
Question: breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past eachother
Answer: faults
Question: most divergent boundaries occur where _______ are
Answer: mid-ocean ridges