R.A.+Science+Worksheet

//Magma// by definition is molten rock below the earth's surface. //Lava//, by definition is molten rock on or above the earth's surface.
 * __//Volcanoes: //__**
 * ** //__How does magma become lava? __// **

//Plate boundaries// are found at the edge of the lithospheric plates and are of three types, convergent, divergent and conservative.
 * **//__What are plate boundaries?__//**

Ash Volcanic Earthquakes Directed Blast Tephra Volcanic Gases Lava Flow Debris Avalanches, Landslides, and Tsunamis Pyroclastic Surge Pyroclastic Flows __Lahars__ __//**Western Diamondback Rattlesnake:**//__ They live in the Southwestern desert areas, including Mexico.
 * **//__What are the most copmmon and serious volcanic hazards?__//**
 * //**__Where in the United States can you find the western diamondback rattlesnake?__**//

Prairie Dogs Kangaroo Rats Pocket Gophers Woodrats Pocket Mice Fox Squirrels Seven feet  **//__The Butterfly Zone:__//** Guava and stawberries and other fruits but not bananas
 * **//__What do western diamondbacks eat?__//**
 * ** //__How long is the average full-grown western diamondback?__// **
 * __**//What type of plant does the Yellow Sulfer Butterfly prefer?//**__

Yes
 * **//__Could you find a pearl crescent butterfly on the pacific coast?__//**

With their antennas **//__Avalanche:__//** Steep snow-covered hill, and a trigger
 * **__//How do butterflies identify their favorite plants?//__**
 * **//__What two elements are necessary for a snow slide?__//**

Over 100000
 * **//__How many avalanches do scientists estimate occur each year?__//**

Avalanches are a significant mountain hazard—responsible for more deaths each year in the United States than earthquakes
 * **//__Which is deadlier in the United States-avalanches or earthquakes?__//**

**//__The Heart:__//** The apple because it is red and about the same size
 * **//__What fruit does the heart resemble?__//**

Each day, 2,000 gallons of blood travel many times through about 60,000 miles of blood vessels that branch and cross, linking the cells of our organs and body parts.
 * **//__How much blood flows through an average adult's body?__//**

Don't smoke or use tobacco.
 * **//__List three things you can do to keep your heart heathy.__//**

**//__Hurrican Hunters:__//** U.S. Air Force
 * **//__What division of the U.S. armed services do the Hurricane Hunters belong to?__//**

They will make multiple passes through different parts of the hurricane at different heights, from about 500 feet to 10,000 feet. This is usually between 5 and 10 times I believe.
 * **//__During a mission, how many times might the Hurricane Hunters fly into the eye of a hurricane?__//**

It was three storms combined into one**...** __ **//Your Weight on Other Worlds://** __ A body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size
 * //**__Which Hurricane was called "the perfect storm"?__**//
 * **//__What is mas?__//**

The amount or quantity of heaviness or mass: amount a thing weighs
 * **//__Define weight.__//**

Gravity is an attractive force which all matter possesses. Every bit of matter attracts every other bit of matter. The strength of that attraction depends on two things - the mass of any two objects, and the distance between those objects.
 * **//__What is the relationship between the force of gravity and distance?__//**

**//__Endangered Species:__//** Is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters.
 * **//__What is an endangered species?__//**

Are any species animals, plants, fungi, etc. which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future.
 * **//__What is a threatened species?__//**

Presently there are 206 threatened species (114 animals and 92 plants) and 754 endangered species (320 animals and 434 plants) in the United States.
 * **//__About how many species of animals and plants in the United States are listed as threatened and endangered?__//**