Science Santiago F. by Santiago Fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu Science Padlet en-us 2017-09-08 15:44:43 UTC 2025-10-22 19:49:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png Galaxy santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185923182 A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.]]> 2017-09-08 15:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185923182 Milky Way santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185923912 The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System.]]> 2017-09-08 15:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185923912 Light Year santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185927333 The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances.]]> 2017-09-08 15:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185927333 Big Bang santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185928024 The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological model for the universe, from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution.]]> 2017-09-08 15:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185928024 Singularity santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185929250 A point at which a function takes an infinite value, especially in space-time when matter is infinitely dense, as at the center of a black hole.]]> 2017-09-08 15:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185929250 Nebula santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185932924 A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.]]> 2017-09-08 16:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185932924 Gravity santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185933786 Gravity  is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another, including planets, stars and galaxies, and other physical objects.]]> 2017-09-08 16:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185933786 Nuclear Fussion santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185935016  Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei come close enough to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons). ]]> 2017-09-08 16:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185935016 Terrestrial Planets santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185937158 A terrestrial planet, telluric planet, or rocky planet is a planet that is composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals. ]]> 2017-09-08 16:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185937158 Gas Giants santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185937872 A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. ]]> 2017-09-08 16:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185937872 Asteroids santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185938457 Asteroids are small, airless rocky worlds revolving around the sun that are too small to be called planets.]]> 2017-09-08 16:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185938457 Season santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185939282 A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and amount of daylight. ]]> 2017-09-08 16:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/185939282 Rotation santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/186842239 Rotation is the process or act of turning or circling around something.]]> 2017-09-12 15:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/186842239 Revolution santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/192211550
The definition of revolution is the movement of one object around a center or another object.
]]> 2017-09-28 18:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/192211550 Mass santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193227658 Mass is the amount of matter in an object.]]> 2017-10-02 22:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193227658 Weight santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193228214 The weight of an object is the force of gravity on the object and may be defined as the mass times the acceleration of gravity.]]> 2017-10-02 22:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193228214 Weightlessness santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193228387 The state of not being acted on by gravity.]]> 2017-10-02 22:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193228387 Astronomer santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193229105 An expert student of astronomy.]]> 2017-10-02 22:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193229105 Strata santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193229255 A layer of material, one of a number of parallel layers one upon another.]]> 2017-10-02 22:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193229255 Stratigraphy santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193359725 Stratigraphy is the branch of geology concerned with the order and relative position of strata and their relationship to the geological time scale.]]> 2017-10-03 11:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193359725 Paleontology santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193360275 Paleontolgy is the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.]]> 2017-10-03 11:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193360275 Archaeologist santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193402604 An Archeologist is a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.]]> 2017-10-03 13:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193402604 Paleo-oncology santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193510952 Paleo-oncology is the study of carcinomas and sarcomas in ancient human populations and their hominid precursors.]]> 2017-10-03 16:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193510952 Geological Time Scale santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193606323 The Geological Time Scale is a system of chronological dating that relates geological strata to time and is used by scientists to describe the timing of events that occured during earths history]]> 2017-10-03 18:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193606323 Drill core santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193607629 Long cylinder of material obtained by use of a core drill]]> 2017-10-03 18:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193607629 Fossil santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193608183 Any remains or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton or footprint]]> 2017-10-03 18:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193608183 Petrified santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193608872 Converted into stone or a stony substance.]]> 2017-10-03 18:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193608872 Asthenosphere santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193609387 Region below the lithosphere in wich the rock is less rigid than above and below]]> 2017-10-03 18:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193609387 Lithosphere santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193610417 The crust and upper mantle of the Earth]]> 2017-10-03 19:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193610417 Crust santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193610712 The outer layer of the Earth ]]> 2017-10-03 19:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193610712 Mantle santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611042 The portion of the Earth between the crust and core.]]> 2017-10-03 19:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611042 Core santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611370 The central portion of the Earth composed mainly of iron and nickle.]]> 2017-10-03 19:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611370 Tectonic plates santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611949 Plates that make up the surface of the Earth]]> 2017-10-03 19:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193611949 Continental Drift santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193612356 The lateral movement of continents]]> 2017-10-03 19:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193612356 Boundary santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193612881 Location where two tectonic plates interact.]]> 2017-10-03 19:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193612881 Convergent santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193613746 The two plates coming together push against each other and one is forced down beneath the other]]> 2017-10-03 19:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193613746 Divergent santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193614660 Where two tectonic plates move away from one another]]> 2017-10-03 19:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193614660 Transform santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193615187 Type of where two plates slide against each other in a sideways motion.]]> 2017-10-03 19:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193615187 Earthquake santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193615595 Sudden violent movement of the Earths surface.]]> 2017-10-03 19:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193615595 Magnitude santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193616669 Size or extent of something .]]> 2017-10-03 19:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193616669 Fossil Record santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193646894  A term used by paleontologists  to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered, as well as to the information derived from them.]]> 2017-10-03 20:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193646894 Paleozoic santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193646978 The Paleozoic was a time of dramatic geological, climatic, and evolutionary change.]]> 2017-10-03 20:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193646978 Climate change santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193647453 Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time.]]> 2017-10-03 20:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193647453 Erosion santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193647556 Erosion is when sediments are picked up and moved to another place by: Water,wind, and gravity]]> 2017-10-03 20:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193647556 Triassic santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648585 The earliest period of the mesozoic era.]]> 2017-10-03 20:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648585 Weathering santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648710 Process where rock is worn away or broken down into smaller pieces.]]> 2017-10-03 20:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648710 Black Hole santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648789 Region of space where matter has collapsed in on its self]]> 2017-10-03 20:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648789 Pangea santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648813 Land mass that existed when all continents were jointed together.]]> 2017-10-03 20:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648813 Extinction santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648852 The end of a group of organisms.]]> 2017-10-03 20:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/193648852 Mechanical Weathering santiago_fernandez https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/194071176 When rocks are broken down without any change in he chemical nature of the rocks, they are torn apart by physical force]]> 2017-10-04 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/santiago_fernandez/pkmp7a2u1zwu/wish/194071176