PSSA Vocab Quiz #24

The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time and cause an increase in the growth of algae.

• Saturated zone

• Unsaturated zone

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The process by which a gas changes to a liquid

• Polar molecule

• Condensation

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A molecule that has electrically charged areas.

• Polar molecule

• Saturated zone

• Unsaturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

A continuous range of mountains on the ocean floor that winds around Earth.

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Saturated zone

• Seafloor spreading

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.

• Eutrophication

• Unsaturated zone

• Saturated zone

A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned with Earth and the new moon and the full moon.

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Spring Tide

• Neap Tide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a process by which new rock is added to the ocean floor along the boundary between divergent plates.

• Seafloor spreading

• Mid-ocean ridge

• Neap tide

A tide with the least difference between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other at the first and third quarters of the moon.

• Condensation

• Spring Tide

• Neap tide

the layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.

• Saturated zone

• Unsaturated zone

• Polar molecule