Weather & Climate
Big Bang Theory
Scientific Variables
Plate Tectonics
EM Spectrum
100

What causes the formation of Hurricanes? 

Warm waters

100

According to the Doppler Effect, What happens to the wavelength of light or sound as it moves away? 

Gets longer

100

Which type of scientific variable is changed by the scientist in an experiment? 

Independent Variable

100

What cause the tectonic plates to move? 

Mantle Convection

100

Which type of radiation has the MOST energy? 

Gamma Radiation

200

A weather front is headed toward Florida.  It is predicted to bring thunderstorms and cooler temperatures.  What type of weather front could this be? 

Cold Front

200

If a galaxy is moving away from us, we say that it is ________. 

Red shifted

200

A student wants to find out if temperature effects the number of cricket chirps.  What is the IV and DV in this experiment?

IV: Temperature

DV: Number of cricket chirps

200

The Mid-Ocean Ridge is where new seafloor is created, which type of plate boundary is this? 

Divergent Boundary

200

Which type of radiation has the LONGEST wavelength? 

Radio

300
Two cities located at the same latitude have different temperatures and amounts of rain.  City A is located near the coast and City B is located more inland.  Which city would be cooler? 

City A

300

What type of technology was used to discover Cosmic Background Radiation? 

Microwave telescope 

300

A student completes multiple trials for an experiment. (Repetition or Replication)

Repetition

300

What is the name of the process which one plate moves below another plate due to density differences? 

Subduction

300

When the wavelength decrease, what happens to the frequency and energy? 

Frequency: Increases

Energy: Increases

400

Both Global and Local winds can move weather around the globe.  What causes the formation of wind? 

Differences in air pressure due to the uneven heating of Earth.

400

List 3 evidences of the Big Bang Theory.

Cosmic Background Radiation

Red Shift

Abundance of H and He

400

A student changes the height of the ramp to see if effects the speed.  The student makes sure to use the same car and same wheel size.  What is it called when a scientists leaves a variable the same? 

Constant variable

400

Mountain, volcanoes and earthquakes occur at which type of boundary? 

Convergent

400
List the types of EM radiation from Lowest energy to Highest Energy? 

Radio, Microwave, Infrared, Visible Light, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma

500

Ocean currents can drive weather and climate patterns.  What causes the Global Conveyor Belt Circulation? 

Temperature and Salinity

500
According to Hubble's Law, If a galaxy is red shifted then it is moving ____________ at a(n) ______________ rate.

Away, Increasing

500
A student uses different colors of light to observe the effects on the growth of a plant.  She uses the same type of plant and places them in a room with no windows. The plants recieve the same amount of water containing different amounts of fertilizer.  She leaves them in the room for 3 months and checks the growth daily.  What is wrong with this experiment? 

She uses different amounts of fertilizer.

500

On the ocean basin many features are visible.  Which type of plate boundary creates trenches? 

Convergent with subduction

500

Visible light is the only part of the EM spectrum visible to humans.  List the colors of the visible light spectrum in order from LONGEST wavelength to SHORTEST wavelength.

R,O,Y,G,B,I,V

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