Mapping
What lines on a map run flat (east to west) but measure how far north or south you are from the Equator?
Latitude lines.
What is the name of the specific galaxy that our solar system lives in?
Bonus: What shape is the galaxy
The Milky Way
Bonus: Spiral
Which of Earth's spheres includes all the gases and air surrounding the planet?
The atmosphere
What type of heat transfer happens through direct touch, like when you burn your hand by touching a hot metal pan?
Conduction
What are the three main types of rocks found on Earth?
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
If contour lines on a topographic map are crowded very close together, what does that tell you about the hill?
It is very steep.
What invisible force keeps all the planets in our solar system orbiting around the Sun instead of floating away?
Gravity
Which sphere includes all the liquid water, ice, and water vapor on Earth?
The hydrosphere
What type of heat transfer causes warm air or water to rise and cold air or water to sink?
Convection
What is the name of the giant "supercontinent" that existed millions of years ago before the continents drifted apart?
Pangea
What is the name of the starting line that splits the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Bonus points if you can answer what the line found at 180 degrees is called.
The Prime Meridian.
Bonus: International Date Line
Why does our Sun look so much bigger and brighter than all the other stars we see at night?
It is much closer to Earth than any other star
Which sphere includes every living thing on Earth, from plants and trees to insects and humans?
The biosphere
How does heat energy from the Sun travel through empty space to reach the Earth?
Radiation
Because resources like coal, oil, and natural gas take millions of years to form and cannot be easily replaced, what do we call them?
Non-renewable resources
When contour lines cross over a river or stream, they bend to form a shape like the letter "V." Which way does the "V" point?
Upstream
What is the main reason Earth has four different seasons throughout the year?
The Earth is tilted on its axis as it travels around the Sun
Which sphere represents the solid, rocky outer shell and ground of the Earth?
The geosphere (or lithosphere).
The least absorption of insolation occurs with surfaces that are (1) dark and smooth (2)light and smooth (3) dark and rough (4) light and rough
(3) light and smooth
What scientific instrument do geologists use to measure and record the shaking of an earthquake?
A seismograph
What part of a map explains what the different symbols, colors, and lines mean?
The map key (or legend)
What can form at the end of a stars life?
A black hole
Why is the range between the summer and winter temperatures greater in central New York State than on Long Island? (1) Long Island has a higher percentage of urbanization. (2) Long Island is surrounded by a large body of water. (3) Central New York State has higher elevations. (4) Central New York State receives more insolation.
(2) Long Island is surrounded by a large body of water.
As energy enters our atmosphere from the sun, it is reflected. What happens to its wavelength?
It increases
In the water cycle, what is the process called when liquid water is given off by plants and turns into an invisible gas in the air?
Transpiration