Fall Final Exam Review

3. Measured information that uses numbers.
4. Map that shows countries, borders, and cities.
6. Layer beneath the crust, involved in plate movement.
8. Earth’s solid outer layer; thinner under oceans, thicker under continents.
9. Map that shows natural and political features.
10. Science that studies past events that cannot be observed directly (e.g., formation of mountains).
12. An experiment where only one factor is changed at a time.
16. Most accurate representation of Earth’s shape.
17. God’s command to people to study and use the earth wisely for His glory and human benefit.
20. A layer of rock.
21. A testable explanation that provides direction for scientific investigations.
24. Basic beliefs you already hold before doing science.
25. Material made of only one kind of atom or molecule (e.g., aluminum).
26. Difference between the highest and lowest elevations in an area.
28. A force that acts over a distance (gravity, magnetism).
29. Boundary where plates slide past each other.

1. Anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. Descriptive information that uses words, not numbers.
5. A workable explanation used to describe or show how something works.
7. Surface features of a region.
11. Boundary where plates move toward each other.
12. Center of the Earth, mostly iron.
13. Study of the earth.
14. Map that shows elevation and landform shapes.
15. New crust forms at mid-ocean ridges.
18. Large pieces of Earth’s crust that move.
19. One plate is forced under another at convergent boundaries.
22. Boundary where plates move apart.
23. Technology that gathers and maps geographic data (uses radar, sonar, surveying).
27. Field force pulling masses toward each other; important for geologists.
29. Map that shows specific topic (like animal ranges).