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Conceptual Physical Science Book (Chapter 22,23)
1. Why are landslides are common California?
2. Which factors are most important in determining the magnitude of an earthquake?
3. What evidence best supports the theory of plate tectonics?
4. What process occurs in southern California because of plate tectonics?
5. What happens at the continent’s edge?
6. Describe the characteristics of a rock that cooled from molten material?
7. How can we determine the probability of future seismic activity in an area?
8. What are volcanic islands?
9. How does oceanic crust differ from continental crust?
10. Describe what happens to rocks carried deep into a subduction zone.
11. List facts about composite/stratovolcanoes and shield volcanoes.
12. How do sand grains form rocks?
13. Which characteristics is the Richter scale used to measure?
14. How does new ocean crust form?
15. Why did it take scientists a long time to accept the theory of plate tectonics?
16. Which natural hazards is the most frequent cause of horses sliding down cliffs toward the ocean?
17. Which conditions would most likely cause a typical large eruption?
18. How do crystals form?
19. Estimating the age of the rock in this area allows scientists to study the rate of?
20. Why are there very few earthquakes inland from the coast in central California?
21. Why do aftershocks occur?
22. Which describes the ages of the rock layers in this type of volcano?
23. What most likely caused this earthquake?
24. At which location would a deep ocean trench be located?
Conceptual Physical Science (Ch. 8, 9, 10,11)
25. Why are modern radios, calculators, and computers much smaller today than they were in the past?
26. What are plasmas?
27. Are they good conductors? Why?
28. What is electrostatic?
29. Give two examples of electrostatic force.
30. What is RADAR?
31. What is SONAR?
32. Why is SONAR and RADAR used?
33. What would be best to measure and record sound energy levels coming from whales?
34. 3.00 x 108 m/s is the speed of ______________
_____________ in a vacuum.
35. In which material does sound travel slowest? Why?
36. In which material does sound travel fastest? Why?
37. How do compasses and magnets relate?
38. What is a beat?
39. What type of paired sound frequencies will produce a beat with the lowest frequency?
40. Draw a picture illustrating diffraction, polarization, refraction, and reflection.
41. Which type of motion transfers energy from a source to a destination without transferring matter?
42. What is a magnetic field?
43. Draw a magnetic field where the poles are repelling.
44. Give an example of longitudinal waves.
45. Which tool is used to measure the amount of current that will be induced in the wire coil?
46. What are transistors?
47. What are vacuum tubes? Why are they no longer used in new technology?
48. What does the person hears as the fire engine siren passes by?
49. Describes the particles of matter found in the plasma state. (Draw a picture if necessary).
50. What are sound waves?
51. What will happen as the magnet moves into the coil?
52. Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic wave. TRUE OR FALSE
53. What is the main function of a transistor?
54. Which tool would be most useful to organize and compare the electric field data for the different cell
phones?
55. Sound is transmitted from location to another by _________________.
56. In which medium does sound travel at the GREATEST speed?
57. This diagram represents which property of light?
58. What is “plasma” and where is it found?
59. Write the formula used to calculate the index of refraction for water: