Solar Power System
Name three of the four terrestrial (or inner) planets.
What is the sun composed or made of?
Burning hot gas (or hydrogen and helium)
Fossils found in lower rock layers are _____ compared to fossils found in higher rock layers?
older
What is a vent in Earth’s crust that releases lava, gases, and ash.
Volcano
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed over 200 million years ago?
Pangea
Name three of the four gaseous planets.
Must name 3 of 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What determines the different stages a star will go through in its lifetime?
The mass of the star.
What can scientists learn from the position of rock layers in a geological cross-section?
The relative age of fossils or rocks
Wind, earthquake, acid rain, ice
Earthquake
The tectonic plates move as a result of ________.
Convection currents in the mantle
What would happen to the planets without gravity?
Planets will fly off in a straight line.
What is the final phase of a low mass star's life?
White dwarf (would accept blackdwarf)
Trace fossils leave evidence of an animal’s activity. Name two examples of trace fossils
Coprolite, burrow, nest, footprints, tunnels, etc
What is erosion?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by natural processes (wind, water, ice)
The Himalayan Mountains formed at a ________________ plate boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate.
Convergent
What type of satellite is the International Space Station?
Man-Made satellite
What are the final two stages for a high mass star?
Black hole and neutron star
What is the difference between extinction and mass extinction?
Extinction- one species or organism dying out
Mass extinction- many species or organisms dying out at the same time
What type of tectonic plate boundary creates earthquakes and volcanoes? (Hint: they are different)
Earthquakes- transform
Volcanoes- convergent
What are two pieces of evidence that supports Continental Drift and Pangea existing?
2 of the following 3:
Fossil evidence
Location of volcanoes/earthquakes
Shape of continents
What is a scale model used for?
To show relative sizes and distances.
What is the difference between a stellar nebula and a planetary nebula?
A star is born in the stellar nebula phase, a planetary nebula is when a red giant's outer layer sheds
What can fossils teach us about? Name one thing.
Canyon/Cave
What is a key result of tectonic plate movement?
Earthquakes, formation of mountains or volcanoes, etc