Midterm Review

Which material is the best conductor?

• wood

• plastic

• metal

Reorder the following from highest energy (1) to lowest energy (4)

• Gamma

• Xray

• Microwave

• Visible Light

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

________ waves have areas of compression and rarefraction.

Match the definition with the state of matter

• Definite volume but no definite shape

• Gas

• Definite shape and volume

• Solid

• No definite shape or volume

• Liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Draw what happens when light hits a mirrored surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Reorder the following options of Earth from inner (1) to outer (5) layers

• Crust

• Asthenosphere

• Lithosphere

• Mantle

• Core

The inner core is a​ ​ (a)   because it is under too much pressure to be liquid.

• solid metal
• solid rock
• liquid metal
• liquid rock

Where do most volcanoes and earthquakes occur?

• On the continents

• Where sea floor spreading occurs

• Along tectonic plate boundaries

• In the ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

​ (a)   ​ boundaries move apart and form rift valleys or mid-ocean ridges.

• Divergent
• Convergent
• Transform