8th Grade Earth Science Midterm

Question 1

The study of the Earth's structures, materials, and processes.

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geology

Question 2

The belief that earth-forming processes are natural, have always been the same, always happened at the same gradual rate

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uniformitarianism

Question 3

A state of matter that has no definite shape but has a definite volume.

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liquid

Question 4

Gas to solid

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Deposition

Question 5

The rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.

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Lithosphere

Question 6

An atom or group of atoms that has a positive or negative charge.

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ion

Question 7

2 forces acting in opposite directions

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shear force

Question 8

A push or pull on one object by another that is touching it

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contact force

Question 9

The upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere on which the tectonic plates move

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Asthenosphere

Question 10

Matter in the sun and all the visible parts of the stars-has most kinetic energy

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plasma

Question 11

A negatively charged particle that is found outside the nucleus of an atom

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electron

Question 12

A group of atoms bonded together

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molecule

Question 13

The ability to do work with electrical charges

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C-electrical energy

Question 14

Energy of motion depends on mass and SPEED

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C-Kinetic energy

Question 15

A force that opposes motion

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Friction

Question 16

The ability to do work

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energy

Question 17

The amount of space an object takes up

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volume

Question 18

The assumption that the world operates in a reliable and predictable way. All scientists must rely on this principle.

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principle of uniformity

Question 19

Restore to the way it was by paying a price

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redemption

Question 20

An immense collection of stars, other objects, and dust more than 100,000 light-years across

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milky way galaxy

Question 21

smallest building block of matter; means indivisible

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atom

Question 22

The belief that one or only a few catastrophic events in the past shaped the earth's surface

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catastrophism

Question 23

Energy is neither created nor destroyed but can be changed from one form to another

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C-1st Law of Thermodynamics

Question 24

A force produced when magnetic poles interact

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magnetic force

Question 25

Change in the shape of a solid by distorting, bending, stretching or compression due to stress

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strain

Question 26

A push or a pull

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Force

Question 27

Energy stored in chemical bonds

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c-chemical energy

Question 28

A way humans can declare that God is great and good

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discovery and imitation

Question 29

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom

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Element

Question 30

Gravity, magnetism

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field force examples

Question 31

resources being actively used

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actual resources

Question 32

A rocky object in orbit around the sun; can be large enough to be observed from Earth

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asteroid

Question 33

Solid to gas

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sublimation

Question 34

A dense solid sphere at the center of Earth

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Inner core

Question 35

dissolves/transports nutrients; absorbs heat to limit temperature swings; ocean currents circulate warm/cold water; ...

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water

Question 36

Liquid to gas below boiling point but above freezing point. When particles of liquid gain sufficient energy to escape

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evaporation

Question 37

The ability of a material to stretch

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elasticity

Question 38

A measure of the force of gravity on an object

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weight

Question 39

Non-living resources such as rocks, water soil, natural gas and oil

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Nonbiological resources

Question 40

An astronomical object in orbit around the sun made of rock and different kinds of ices;

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comet

Question 41

The model that suggest the earth's crust is made of, which were connected at one time

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plate tectonics theory

Question 42

Total of all heat energy in an object

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C-thermal energy

Question 43

Materials made of only one kind of particle, may be an element or a compound.

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pure substance

Question 44

Creation, the Fall and Redemption

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Christian worldview

Question 45

too little mass-less gravity cause weak bones and muscles, too much mass-more gravity cause large muscles and bones

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Earth's Mass

Question 46

Data that is analyzed from 2 different types of measured or described data

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derived (data)

Question 47

A fluid state of matter in which the particles move so fast and are held so far apart as to have little interaction...

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gas

Question 48

Thermal, sound, audible, ultrasonic, infrasonic, electrical, magnetic, chemical, light (visible & invisible), nuclear

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sources of energy

Question 49

shaking of the ground which is measured by seismic instruments

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earthquake

Question 50

Boundary between crust and mantle

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Moho

Question 51

Protects Earth from solar winds and space radiation

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earth's magnetic field

Question 52

The theory that God initiated biological evolution by creating matter & life, allowing it to follow its "natural course"

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theistic evolution

Question 53

A subatomic particle that has no change and that is found in the nucleus of an atom

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neutron

Question 54

Gamma rays, radio, infared, ultraviolet

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light energy

Question 55

How cold or hot an object is...

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temperature

Question 56

A force that is exerted only when two objects are touching

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contact force

Question 57

Gas to solid

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deposition

Question 58

Liquid to solid

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freezing

Question 59

the idea that people should fill the earth and study it to discover the best ways to use it

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creation mandate

Question 60

too fast - short days and nights affecting sleep patterns, ability to get work done and more violent storms due to wind

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rotation

Question 61

A meteroid that falls through the earth's atmosphere and heats up until it glows; also called a shooting star.

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meteor

Question 62

Definite shape and volume

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Solid

Question 63

Solid to liquid

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melting

Question 64

Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium

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fusion

8th Grade Earth Science Midterm

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8th Grade Earth Science Midterm

Questions 75