Semester Exam Review Aug-Dec.

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What kind of plate boundary is shown here?

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Convergent plate boundary: A boundary where two tectonic plates collide, often causing one plate to be forced beneath the other.

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What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion?

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Inertia: The property of matter that causes it to resist changes in its state of motion.

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What type of thermal energy transfer is warming the man from the fire?

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Radiation: The transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves, such as the heat from a fire.

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What does it mean when an object is at a steady speed and returning to the starting position?

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Steady speed; returning to start position: The object is moving at a constant speed in the opposite direction to its starting point.

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Energy will always be transferred from the...

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Hotter sample to the colder sample: Heat energy naturally flows from warmer objects to cooler ones.

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What is a divergent plate boundary?

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Divergent plate boundary: A boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, often creating new crust.

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What is a transform plate boundary?

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Transform plate boundary: A boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally.

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What is conduction?

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Conduction: The transfer of heat through direct contact between materials.

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What is convection?

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Convection: The transfer of heat through the movement of fluids (liquids or gases) caused by differences in temperature.

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What is acceleration?

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Acceleration: The rate of change of velocity of an object, indicating how quickly it is speeding up or slowing down.