Volcanoes
The opening at the top of a volcano
What is a crater?
Layer of the stratosphere that absorbs or filters ultraviolet radiation
What is the Ozone Layer?
Large body of air that has the same properties as Earth’s surface
Who published the Sun-centered model
Nicholas Copernicus
Gases near a sunspot that erupt at high speeds
What is a solar flare?
Ash and cinders blown violently out of volcanos
What is tephra?
Layer of the atmosphere where we live
What is the troposphere?
A large, swirling area of low pressure
What is a cyclone?
Considered Earth’s twin because of size and mass; very hot and has sulphuric acid in its clouds
What is venus?
Huge arching column of gas caused by the magnetic field associated with sunspots
What is a prominence?
Forms when melted rock is forced upward and breaks through the crust; begins at the boundary between the mantle and the outer core
What is a hotspot?
A layer of electrically charged particles that exists within the Mesosphere and thermosphere
What is the ionosphere?
Cirrus vs. Cumulus clouds
Cumulus: masses of puffy, white clouds with flat bases
Cirrus: clouds that appear curly or fibrous, highest clouds
An atmosphere that traps heat near the surface of both Venus and Earth; one of the similarities between Venus & Earth
What is greenhouse effect?
North Star, located almost directly over the North Pole
What is polaris?
TRICK QUESTION: What stage of life is the sun in
Main sequence
Difference between conduction and convection
Conduction: heat transfer that occurs when molecules contact each other (p. 436)
Convection: transfer of heat by the flow of a heated material
large, severe storm that forms over tropical oceans, has winds of at least 120 KM/h, and loses power when it reaches land.
What is a hurricane?
What is the largest moon in the solar system
Ganymede
What shows the relationship between a star’s temperature and absolute magnitude
What is an HR Diagram?
Label each volcano using the diagram on the board
Cinder cone- steep sided volcano made of tephra
shield cone- basaltic volcano with gently sloping sides
composite cone - formed from alternating layers of lava and tephra
Narrow belts of wind that blow near the top of the troposphere
What are jet streams?
When air holds all the water vapor at capacity
What is saturated?
Label the parts of the comet based off of the diagram on the board
1. Nucleus
2. Coma
3. Tail
Correctly label the suns layers based on the diagram on the board
1. core
2. corona
3. sunspot
4. chromosphere
5. photosphere
6. prominence