Space
What is the name of the model of the solar system widely accepted today?
Heliocentric model
A star is born when what begins?
Nuclear Fusion
What are the four terrestrial planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is a glacier made of?
Snow
A small stream that flows into a bigger stream or river is called what?
A Tributary
This is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see.
Visible light
The Sun is this type of star.
Yellow Star
Which planet has extreme temperatures because it has no atmosphere?
Mercury
Where do alpine glaciers form?
On mountains
The area near a river that floods when water levels get to be too high is known as what?
Floodplain
What is the energy called that can travel through space in the form of waves?
electromagnetic radiation
The color of a star depends on its what?
Temperature
___ is a rotating cloud of gas and dust from which planets form.
Solar Nebula
Large rocks or boulders that are transported by glaciers are called?
Erratics
New deposition seals off the ends and the cut-off becomes an ___ that will eventually dry up.
Oxbow Lake
Who discovered the shape of a planet's orbit is actually an ellipse?
Johannes Kepler
All stars in the main sequence stage are fusing ____ into ____ in their cores.
Hydrogen into Helium
Which planet rotates on its side?
Uranus
What is a mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface?
Till
An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water is known as a what?
A Watershed
A ___ is a transparent object with refracting surfaces that separate white light into spectrum colors.
Prism
What determines if a star becomes a giant or a supergiant?
star size
What are the characteristics for an object in space to be considered a planet? (3 things)
1. Orbits the Sun
2. Round because of its own gravitational pull
3. Clear orbital path
What are the 2 processes of glacial movement?
Basal Slip and Internal Plastic Flow
Which river do the Great Lakes flow into?
St. Lawrence River