Unit 1-3 STUDY GUIDE
Unit 1 Scientific Inquiry Study Guide
1) What is scientific method?
2) What are the steps involved in the scientific method?
3) What is observation?
4) What is an example of observation?
5) What is a hypothesis?
6) What is an example of a hypothesis?
7) What is analyzing data?
8) What is an example of analyzing data?
9) How will your communicate to others about the results of your experiment?
Unit 2 Plate tectonics
10)What is the theory of plate tectonics?
11)What is the theory of continental drift?
12)What is sea-floor spreading?
13)What is convection?
14)What is density?
15)What are the 3 types of boundary?
16)What type of boundary is the San Andreas fault?
17)What two plates is California on?
18)What happens when continental plate and continental plate collide?
19)What happens when oceanic plate and oceanic plate collide?
20)What happened when continental plate and oceanic plate collide?
Unit 3 Earthquakes/Volcanoes
21)What is an earthquake?
22)Where are earthquakes located?
23)What is a fault?
24)What are the 3 types of fault and where are they located?
25)Where does the earthquake occur?
26)What are the steps to find the epicenter?
27)What is magnitude?
28)What is intensity?
29)What are the 4 factors that affect earthquake’s intensity?
30)What is a tsunami?
31)What are the effects of tsunami on humans and the environment?
32)What are volcanoes?
33)What is magma?
34)What is lava?
35) Where does magma go?
36)What are 3 types of volcanoes?
37)What types of volcanoes exist in the convergent boundary?
38)What types of volcanoes exist in the hot spots?
39)Why are most of the volcanoes located near the edges of the plates?
40)What are some negative effects of volcanic eruptions?
41)What are some positive effects of volcanic eruptions?
Unit 1-3 STUDY GUIDE
Unit 1 Scientific Inquiry Study Guide
1) What is scientific method?
2) What are the steps involved in the scientific method?
3) What is observation?
4) What is an example of observation?
5) What is a hypothesis?
6) What is an example of a hypothesis?
7) What is analyzing data?
8) What is an example of analyzing data?
9) How will your communicate to others about the results of your experiment?
Unit 2 Plate tectonics
10)What is the theory of plate tectonics?
11)What is the theory of continental drift?
12)What is sea-floor spreading?
13)What is convection?
14)What is density?
15)What are the 3 types of boundary?
16)What type of boundary is the San Andreas fault?
17)What two plates is California on?
18)What happens when continental plate and continental plate collide?
19)What happens when oceanic plate and oceanic plate collide?
20)What happened when continental plate and oceanic plate collide?
Unit 3 Earthquakes/Volcanoes
21)What is an earthquake?
22)Where are earthquakes located?
23)What is a fault?
24)What are the 3 types of fault and where are they located?
25)Where does the earthquake occur?
26)What are the steps to find the epicenter?
27)What is magnitude?
28)What is intensity?
29)What are the 4 factors that affect earthquake’s intensity?
30)What is a tsunami?
31)What are the effects of tsunami on humans and the environment?
32)What are volcanoes?
33)What is magma?
34)What is lava?
35) Where does magma go?
36)What are 3 types of volcanoes?
37)What types of volcanoes exist in the convergent boundary?
38)What types of volcanoes exist in the hot spots?
39)Why are most of the volcanoes located near the edges of the plates?
40)What are some negative effects of volcanic eruptions?
41)What are some positive effects of volcanic eruptions?