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Space
Plate Tectonics and Space
Organisms and their Environment
Weather
100
A solid is A) closely packed and has the least movement B) Loosely packed and has the most movement C) Closely packed and has the most movement
A) closely packed and has the least movement
100
This causes day and night
What is the rotation of the Earth.
100
What tide occurs during first quarter and last quarter moon?
Neap tide
100
What is a food chain?
The order in which organisms are dependent on the next as a source of food.
100
What do the "L" and "H" represent on a weather map?
LOW pressure and HIGH pressure
200
How do plants acquire their nutrition?
What is autotrophic nutrition.
200
This causes seasons
What is the revolution of the Earth around the sun.
200
Spring tide occurs during what 2 moon phases?
What is full moon and new moon
200
An organism that makes its own food, usually found at the bottom of the food chain
What is a producer
200
When two fronts meet that have low pressure, what occurs?
Rain!
300
The sun is a
What is a star?
300
This is the number of moon phases. Bonus if you can name on of them!
What is 8
300
Plate boundaries that slide against each other often form faults. They are called _____________ boundaries.
What is a transform boundary
300
Define: BIOTIC
Living, relating to living things
300
If the temperature drops, and wind starts blowing from the north, what type of front will you experience?
A cold front
400
The sun is at its highest point at this time of day
What is noon?
400
Describe the difference between rotation and revolution of the Earth.
Rotation is the spinning of the Earth on its own axis. While revolution is the movement of Earth around the sun.
400
The Earth's lithosphere is broken into large pieces called this
What is plates (tectonic plates)
400
Define: Predator
An animal that naturally preys on others
400
When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, what type of front is formed?
A warm front
500
This planet was visible just beneath the moon this past weekend
What is Jupiter?
500
What causes tides?
The gravitational pull of the sun
500
The three steps of the weathering cycle are..?
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
500
Define: Omnivore
What is an organism that feeds off of both plants and animals
500
This occurs when two air masses have a "stand-off" or "battle"
What is a stationary front
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