Space
What has more mass, the sun or a black hole?
Black Hole
Estimated Age of the Earth
4.5 Billion years
Weathering is
The breakdown of rocks!
When water vapor turns into clouds
Condensation
a situation where individuals, acting in their own self-interest, deplete a shared, limited resource, ultimately harming everyone, including themselves
Tragedy of the commons
The closest planet to the sun.
Mercury.
The law that states the oldest fossils are located at the bottom of a stratigraphic profile.
Law of Superposition
Erosion is
The movement of sediment from one place to another
When water in the form of ice, rain, sleet, or snow falls from clouds.
Precipitation
Give an example of a non-renewable resource
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Groundwater, Rocks and Minerals
What phase of the moon is shown when there is just a C shaped sliver?
Crescent moon
Boundary where two plates slide past each other
Transform boundary
If it undergoes immense heat and pressure.
When water seeps into the ground an becomes groundwater.
Infiltration or percolation
What does a greenhouse gas do?
Trap heat in the Earth's atmospehre
as mass increases, gravitational attraction...
Increases
New ocean floor is created at _______________, and destroyed at ________________.
Mid-ocean ridges; subduction zones
Fossils are only found in what rock type?
Sedimentary rock.
When animals release water vapor into the atmosphere
Respiration
An increase in greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere is causing...
Temperatures to rise, ice caps to melt, sea level to rise, more extreme weather conditions
As distance increases, gravitational attraction...
2 criteria for an index fossil
1. Widespread (more than one per rock layer)
2. Short lived (found in only one layer)
What is an example of a large scale geoscience process?
Mountains forming, Continent building, Movement of plates, seafloor spreading, etc.
75% of Earth is covered with water. How much of that water os potable?
0.003%
What gas dissolves in water and created carbonic acid, causing the ocean to acidify and affecting marine life?
Carbon Dioxide