Question of the Week
Quarter 3

QoW #

  
3.11

1.) What type of plate boundary was responsible for the earthquake that cause the recent devasting tsunami in the Indian ocean?

2.) Explain how a tsunami forms using drawings to support your answer.

3.) How fast can the tsunami waves travel?

3.13

Due Jan 27		 1.) Explain the difference between an era and a period in the history of the earth.
2.) Why is the precambrian time so long?
3.) Why are the pennsylvanian and missippian periods often combined and called the carboniferous period?
3.14
  1. Why are fossils so important to a study of Earth History?
  2. Explain the difference between relative dating and absolute dating.
  3. Explain how index fossils are used in explaining the age of rocks.

3.15

 
  1. What 2 properties does all matter have in common?
  2. Explain what inertia is.
  3. Explain the difference between mass and weight.
  4. the weight of a liqyid is 20n. If this liquid has a volume of 0.75 l what is the density of the liquid?

 

3.16

March 3
  1. What are the phases of matter?
  2. Explain in as few words as possible what the difference between the phases of matter is?
  3. Explain what the properties of each phase of matter are (consider what the particles are doing)
  4. Explain endothermic compared to exothermic changes.
  5. Explain the difference between a mixture, a compound and an element.

3.17

March 10
  1. What is a pure substance?
  2. What are the 3 types of elements?
  3. Are mixtures found in nature? List 3 examples of mixtures you know about.
  4. Explain the difference in how mixtures and compounds are seperated.

3.18

March 17