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| What is the order of the planets from the sun with the asteroid belt? | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, AB Jupiter, Saturn, Uraus, Neptune *[My Very Educated Mother {AB} Just Served Us Nachos] |
| What is the name for the movement of Earth traveling around the sun? | Revolution |
| What is the name of the movement for Earth spinning on its axis? | Rotation |
| How long is a revolution of Earth around the sun? | 365 1/4 days |
| How long does it take Earth to make one full spin on its axis? | 24 hours |
| In what direction is Earth's Northern Hemisphere tilted in the summer? | towards the sun |
| In what direction is Earth's Northern Hemisphere tilted in the winter? | away from the sun |
| What was the name of the first manned mission to the moon? | Apollo 11 |
| Who was the first American to step foot on the moon? | Neil Armstrong |
| How are stars formed? | Nebula, Main Sequence, Red Giant, Supernova, Black Hole |
| How is energy generated by stars? | Fusion |
| What is cosmology? | The study of stars and the universe |
| What is the Big Bang Theory? | The belief that the universe is an expansion of space with stars continually moving away from each other |
| What type of galaxy do we live in? | Spiral |
| What is the name of our galaxy? | The Milky Way |
| What are the effects of melting polar ice caps? | rising sea levels |
| What are the characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay? | a large estuary, brackish water, nursery for many species of fish, reproduction is plentiful |
| What is sedimentation? | soid rock particles that have deposited on Earth's surface through erosion, and weathering |
| What is salinity? | the amount of dissolved salts in the ocean |
| Why is upwelling important for marine animals at the surface? | It brings needed nutrients upward. |
| What are the moon phases for spring tides? | Full Moon and New Moon |
| What are the moon phases for neap tides? | First Quarter Moon and Third Quarter Moon |
| What happens when oceanic crust converges with continental crust? | It subducts beneath the continental crust. |
| What is the importance of the Coriolis Effect on the ocean? | It creates ocean currents. |
| Why do hurricans strengthen as they move along the equator toward the Gulf Stream? | Warm waters feed on storms. |
| What is the deepest part of the ocean? | trenches |
| What is the shallowest part of the ocean? | continental shelf |
| Why does ocean crust sink? | It is more dense. |
| What causes convection currents? | Rising hot air and sinking cool air |
| What are the layers of the atmosphere from the surface up toward outer space? | Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere *[Tom Sawyer Made Them Exercise.] |
| What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere? | Nitrogen |
| What is the role of clouds besides producing precipitation? | They provide nutrients to feed the water cycle. |
| What is a hotspot? | extremely hot regions where plumes of magma rise; further away from the ___, the older the land mass. |
| What are the cloud types associated with a cold front? | cumulonimbus |
| What cloud fronts are associated with a warm front? | All cloud types except cumulomimbus |
| What evidence has been presented to explain that the continents were once in a very different place? | coals in Antarctica, plant growth was once closer to the equator, similar fossils on distant continents, matching coastlines that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle |
| At what part of the ocean ridge will young rocks be found? | Closest to the ridge |
| At what part of the ocean ridge will old rocks be found? | Farthest from the ridge |
| What are mid-ocean ridges also known as? | Underwater Mountains |
| How are earthquakes measured? | The Richter Scale |
| Where are earthquakes most likely to occur? | at plate boundaries |
| How could Antarctica have coal beds under the ice? | Volcanoes stood still as the plates above moved. |
| What instrument measures volume? | graduated cylinder, beaker |
| What instrument measures mass? | balance/scale |
| What instrument measures length? | meter stick |
| What is the formula for density? | Mass /Volume |
| What is the independent variable of an experiment? | that which is manipulated or controlled |
| What is the dependent variable of an experiement? | that which responds to or results from what the experimenter does |
If M<1 and M| It floats | |
| If M>1 and M>V, what happens to the object in an experiment? | It sinks |
| What is the arrangement of the sun, moon, and Earth during a neap tide? | Earth and the moon are at a ninety degree angle. |
| What is the arrangement of the sun, moon, and Earth during a spring tide? | They are in a straight line. |
| Why is upwelling important to fishermen? | Since upwelling brings nutrients close to the surface of the ocean, fish are plentiful for the catch. |
| What role do clouds play aside from producing precipitation? | They trap warm air and prevent it from rising too high into the atmosphere. |
| What are comets? | dirty snowballs with tails the point away from the sun |
| What causes the tail of comets to point away from the sun? | solar wind [wind generated by the sun] |
| What causes the formation of mid-ocean ridges [underwater mountains] formed? | Volcanoes and Earthquakes |
| What is the unit used to measure earthquakes? | seismogram |
| What measuring device determines the intensity of an earthquake? | The Richter Scale |
| How can we tell the age of a hot spot? | The further the land mass is away from the hot spot, the older it is. |
