fine arts
depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling
What are Old Testament stories?
age at which Diego Velazquez began training as an artist
What is 10 years old?
layer of the atmosphere where Earth's weather takes place
What is the troposphere?
the typical weather of a particular place or region, averaged over at least 30 years
What is climate?
2 things that are true about ocean currents
What is they circulate in loops and they spread warm water from the equator?
artist who chose models from the streets, including beggars with dirty fingernails and criminals, to pose as Christian religious figures
Who is Caravaggio?
artist who painted dramatic and realistic paintings with a striking use of light and shade in the Baroque style
Who is Caravaggio?
number of years ago of the most severe ice age
What is 700 million years ago?
a rotating storm created by an area of low pressure or "low," which draws winds in
What is a cyclone?
what Diego Velazquez is known to be the master of
What is incredible skill at textures?
meaning of "Renaissance"
What is rebirth?
what defines a planet in the Goldilocks Zone
What is the optimal distance form the sun to provide liquid water?
the biggest cause of increased carbon dioxide emissions since 1950
What is people burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil, for energy?
main focus of Bruegel's paintings
What is the story of everyday life, ordinary people at work and play?
why King Philip IV sent Velazquez's paintings to Emperor Leopold I of Austria
What is because he was to marry King Philip's daughter?
the driving force for Earth's weather
What is the sun rays striking earth at different angles creates restless movement of air and water?
where several regions went without substantial rainfall for 5 years
What is Southern Africa?
used by Michelangelo to reach the heights of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling
What is self-designed scaffolding of wood and ropes?
helped Caravaggio to get his biggest job yet, painting for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome
Who is Cardinal Francesco del Monte?
where monsoon rainfall caused the worst floods in a century
What is Southern India?
why the Earth is considered to be in an "interglacial" period
What is we are currently living in an ice age in which average temperatures have warmed to around 60 F?