Earth Science 2A-B

Which of these is a pure substance?

Which of these terms is defined as the flow of thermal energy from a hot place to a cooler place?

Change of state: Gasoline disappears from an open can left in the sun.

Two examples of landforms caused by shearing are

Which force is responsible for the grinding and wearing away of rock as a glacier moves over it?

When substances sublimate, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

A thermometer indirectly measures how fast a substance's particles are moving

Matter is defined as anything that

The type of contact force that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks is

The experiments performed by the Large Hadron Collider are an attempt to explain

Physicists have observed dark matter many times. They just don’t know how to measure it yet.

Change of state: Droplets of water form on the outside of a chilled drink.

When a liquid changes to a solid, it's called

When a solid changes to a gas, we call it

When a gas changes to a liquid, we call it

Change of state: The surface of a pond becomes solid enough to hold skaters in the winter.

When substances vaporize, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

When substances freeze, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

In which state of matter do the particles possess the most energy?

Your weight is directly linked to this field force.

Change of state: Frost forms overnight on your car’s windshield.

Your mass would be less on the moon than it is on earth.

When a liquid changes to a gas, we call it

If a substance has a fixed (unchanging) volume but not a definite shape, it is in this state

When a solid changes to a liquid, we call it

When substances melt, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

The force exerted by a stalactite on the roof of the cave where it hangs is an example of...

This is operationally defined as a push or pull.

Two examples of landforms caused by compression are

All forces act in pairs.

Which of these is a field force?

Evaporation is a type of vaporization.

The type of contact force that pulls on the earth's crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner, is

Which force is probably the most important to a geologist?

Change of state: Ice cubes “shrink” while in the freezer.

__ happens at the surface of a liquid, while __ happens on the inside

Two examples of landforms caused by tension are

When substances condense, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

The type of contact force that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is

A substance’s state of matter is most directly affected by its

When substances deposit, they __ thermal energy and the particles __ __

When a gas changes to a solid, we call it