What are three of the four areas studied in Earth Science?
Study of land water air and outer space.
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Name five of the seven continents.
Asia Africa North America South America
Antarctic Europe Australia
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What force keeps the planets and other objects in the solar system in their place?
The sun's gravity keeps all major objects in the solar system in their place.
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What is the center of our Solar System?
The Sun in the center of our Solar System
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What is a Star made of?
A star is made of mostly hydrogen and helium?
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What is the system earth scientists use to conduct experiments?
The scientific method.
200
Describe the earth's rotation.
The earth spins on an axis from west to east.
200
What causes the seasons on Earth?
The tilt of the earth's axis causes the sunlight to fall more directly on different parts of hte earth resulting in the seasons.
200
What do you call a large ball of ice and dust that travels through the solar system and has a tail?
Comet is a large ball of ice and dust.
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How does a star make it's energy?
Fusion is the processs by which stars make their energy.
The process causes particles to be joined together to make an new particle releasing massive amounts of energy.
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The study of solid parts of the earth is called
Geology
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What on the earth map defines the start of a day?
The International date line.
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What is the difference between revolution and rotation of the earth?
The earth's rotation is the way the earth spins on it's axis whereas the earth revolution is the movement of the earth in its orbit around the sun.
300
Name 7 of the 8 planets. They don't need to be in order.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune.
300
What is a star's magnitude/
A star's magnitude is the brightness of a star.
400
What is a map legend?
A list of map symbols and their meanings.
400
What on a map describes the distance north and south of the equator?
Latitude
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What is a lunar eclipse?
The lunar eclipse is when the moon passes through the earth's shadow.
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What is a meteor?
A meteor is a brief strick of light seen when an asteroid enters the earth's atmosphere and burns up.
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What is the unit of measurement scientists use to measure the distance between stars?
Light- years are used to measure the distance between stars. A light year is the distance light travels in 1 year.
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What map shows the shape and elevation of the land surface?
A topographic map.
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What is the prime meridian/
The line of longitude that has the number one.
500
Name three major land features found on the moon.
Craters are caused by asteroids hitting the moon surface.
Maria are low flat plains on the moon.
Moon Mountains
Valleys
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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
Pluto has been down graded to a dwarf planet due to it's very small size.
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What is a black hole?
A black hole is a region in space with tremendous gravity caused by the collapse of a huge star.