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Front 1

What is the basic SI unit for length?
What is its abriviation?

Back 1

meter
(m)

Front 2

What is the basic SI unit for mass?
What is its abriviation?

Back 2

kilogram
(kg)

Front 3

What is the basic SI unit for time?
What is its abriviation?

Back 3

second
(s)

Front 4

What is the basic SI unit for time?
What is its abriviation?

Back 4

kelvin
(K)

Front 5

What is the first step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

Back 5

Sate the Problem
Ask the question in a way that is answerable by the scientific method.

Front 6

What is the second step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

Back 6

Collect Background Information
Research information that is already known about your subject.

Front 7

What is the third step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

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Construct a Hypothesis
Use background information to make an educated guess to your problem.

Front 8

What is the fourth step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

Back 8

Experiment and Record Results
Write and perform a procedure to test your hypothesis record all your data.

Front 9

What is the fifth step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

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Analyze Data and Draw Conclusion
Make a graph or table representing your results analyze them and draw a conclusion to your question. Was your hypothesis right or wrong? Summarize your findings.

Front 10

What is the sixth step in the scientific method?
How do you do this?

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Communicate Your Results
Document what you found in a research paper or science fair board include all the steps of the scientific method.

Front 11

What does the prefix kilo mean?

Back 11

1,000 units

Front 12

What does the prefix hecto mean?

Back 12

100 units

Front 13

What does the prefix deka mean?

Back 13

10 units

Front 14

What does the prefix deci mean?

Back 14

0.1 units

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What does the prefix centi mean?

Back 15

0.01 units

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What does the prefix milli mean?

Back 16

0.001units

Front 17

What is length?

Back 17

A linear measurement (one dimension).

Front 18

What is area?

Back 18

Measurement of a planar surface (two dimensions).

Front 19

What is volume?

Back 19

Measurement of how much space the item takes up (three dimentions).

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What is mass?

Back 20

The amount of stuff in an object (independent of gravity).

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What is weight?

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The amount of mass multiplied by the acceleration due to graviy.

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What is density?

Back 22

The ratio of the mass to the volume of a substance.

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What is a phisical change?

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A change in state, density, volume, mass, or color (can be changed back by phisical means).

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What is a chemical change?

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Change in electron sharing. New substances fromed (can not be changed back by phisical means).

Front 25

What is the atomic number?

Back 25

Number of Protons

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What is the atomic mass?

Back 26

Number of protons plus number of neutrons.

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What does amu stand for?

Back 27

Atomic Mass Unit

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What is an isotope?

Back 28

Two atoms of the same element with different atomic masses (one has more neutrons).

Front 29

What is the electronic charge of an atom?

Back 29

The number of protons compared to the number of electrons (more protons positive charge, more electrons negative charge, equal amount no charge).

Front 30

What are ions?

Back 30

An atom with a positive or negative charge.

Front 31

What is an element?
Whats an example?

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Composed to one type of atom.
e.g. Fe, H, He

Front 32

What is a compound?
Whats an example?

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Two or more different atoms chemically combined.
e.g. H2O, CO2

Front 33

What is a molecule?
Whats an example?

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Two or more atoms chemically combined (dont have to be different types).
e.g. O2, CO2

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What is a substance?
Whats an example?

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An element or compound.
e.g. He, CO2

Front 35

What is a mineral?
Whats an example?

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An element or compound, solid,difined crystalline structure, inorganic, naturally occuring.
e.g Iron, Halite

Front 36

What is a rock?
Give an example.

Back 36

Mixture of minerals, organic material, and volcanic glass. Classified by how its formed.
e.g. Limestone, Marble

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What is an igneous rock?

Back 37

Formed from magma or lava cooling.

Front 38

What is a metamorphic rock?

Back 38

Formed in the techtonic plates, of magma.

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What is a sedimentary rock?

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Fragments of sand and and organic material cemented together.

Front 40

What is the hardness of a mineral?

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What can and cant scratch it (Moh's hardness scale).

Front 41

What is a minerals streak?

Back 41

The color of its powder.

Front 42

What is a minerals breakange?

Back 42

How it breaks.

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What is minerals color?

Back 43

The color it appears when it reflects in white light.

Front 44

What is a minerals luster?

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How it reflects light (metallic, non metallic).

Front 45

What is a minerals specific gravity?

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The ratio of the weight of a mineral to the weight of an equal volume of water.

Front 46

What are the four eons?

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Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and the Phanerozoic.

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What hapened in the Hadean eon?
When did it begin and how long did it last?

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Earth forming, volcanic activity. Rain twoard end of eon. Began 4.6 billion years ago and lasted 0.8 billion years.

Front 48

What happened in the Archean eon? When did it begin and how long did it last?

Back 48

Single celled life, continents formed, first oceans, and atmosphere. Began 4.1 billion years ago lasted for 1 billion years.

Front 49

What happened in the Proterozoic eon?
When did it begin and how long did it last?

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New kinds of single celled life, first superior continent formed (Rodinia), twords the end first multi celled organisms. 2.5 billion years ago lasted 2.3 billion years (longest eon).

Front 50

What happened in the Phanerozoic eon?
When did it begin and how long did it last?

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Multi celled life flourished, precambrian is over. Begun 0.5 billion years ago to present. Divided into three eras.

Front 51

What are the agents of chemical weathering? (4)

Back 51

Natural acids, plant acids, oxygen (rust), and man-made acids

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What are the agents of mechanical weathering?

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Animals, plants, ice, water, wind, gravity, severe and rapid temperature changes, salt crystal formation, repeated wetting and drying.

Front 53

Name the unconformities.

Back 53

Angular Unconformity
Nonconformity
Disconformity

Front 54

What is it called when layers of sediments will form on top of one another and older layers are on the bottom and newer layes are on the top?

Back 54

Principal of Superposition

Front 55

What is uniformitarianism?

Back 55

What happened in the past that happens the same way in the present.

Front 56

What is a radioactive half life?

Back 56

The time it take one half of the number of radioactive atoms in a sample to decay to its stable daughter product.

Front 57

Give an example of mechanical and chemical weathering teamwork.

Back 57

Mechanical weathering exposes surface area for chemical reactants to reach inside of surface.
Chemical weathering weakens rock to make mechanical weathering easier.

Front 58

What are the agents of erosion and deposition?

Back 58

Wind
Water
Gravity
Glaciers

Front 59

What are the three types of volcanoes?

Back 59

Composite or Strata
Cinder Cone
Shield

Front 60

How is a composite volcano formed?
Give an example.

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By alternating layers of lava and ash.
Mt. St Helens

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How is a cinder cone volcano formed?
Give an example.

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By tephra (very steep)
Mt. Shasta

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How is a shield volcano formed?
Give an example.

Back 62

Layers of lava
Hawaii

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Where do volcanoes form?

Back 63

Reverse faults or hot spots.