Astronomy
This category of planets are large, though not dense, and have rings.
What are the Jovian planets or "gas giants"?
The process by which rocks are broken into smaller pieces through mechanical forces, such as ice, wind, or plant roots.
What is physical weathering?
This one factor that drives all the weather on Earth.
What is the sun?
A category of chemicals that taste sour, conduct electricity when added to water, and donate hydrogen ions.
What are acids?
Term used to describe the speed of an object in a given direction.
What is velocity?
This visible feature is evidence of the sun's rotation.
What is a sunspot?
This theory explains how the lithosphere moves on the asthenosphere.
What are plate tectonics?
A measure of how much water vapor is in the air.
What is humidity?
This term describes atoms with the same number of protons in their nuclei.
What are elements?
Term that describes a push or pull exerted on an object in an effort to change that object's velocity.
What is a force?
The space between Mars and Jupiter where many many minor planets and celestial bodies can be found
What is an asteroid belt?
These features make up the 3 layers of the Earth.
What are the crust, mantle, and the core?
The name of the force exerted onto a surface by the weight of air molecules.
What is air pressure?
A substance that contains different compounds and/or elements.
What is a mixture?
An object that allows some light to pass through it.
What is translucent?
When the Moon is between Earth and the sun and we see no reflected sunlight
What is a new moon?
This type of rock changes form due to extreme heat or pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
This layer of the atmosphere is where clouds and weather occur.
What is the troposphere?
A chemical bond created by the sharing of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
The study of motion in physics.
What is mechanics?
The line dividing the lighted side of the moon from the dark side.
What is the terminator?
The process by which organic material chemically changes into rock.
What is petrification?
This effect causes tornadoes to spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is the Coriolis effect?
The term for negatively charged ions.
What are anions?
This law states that "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
What is Newton's third law of motion?