Kepler's Laws
Atmosphere
Seasons
Weather
Biogeochemical Cycles
100
Earth follows an elliptical orbit around the sun.
What is the 1st Law?
100
All weather is found here.
What is the troposphere?
100
If it is winter in the southern hemisphere, it is _________ in the northern hemisphere.
What is summer?
100
If a cold front moves into an area, the air mass behind the front is _______________.
(Polar or Tropical)
What is polar?
100
Name the cycle.
What is the carbon cycle?
200
It takes nearly 30 Earth years for Saturn to make one full revolution around the sun because its orbit is farther away.
What is the 3rd Law?
200
78% of all gases in the atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
200
Name the season for the northern hemisphere referring to the image of Earth on the right.
What is winter?
200
Name the map.
What is an isobaric map?
200
Bacteria are a critical organism in this cycle.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
300
Law of Equal Areas. During its revolution around the sun, a planet covers equal areas in an equal amount of time.
What is the 2nd Law?
300
Found in the stratosphere, this layer protects living things from UV-C and most UV-B radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
300
The two reasons we have seasons in the mid-latitudes.
What is tilt and revolution?
300
The pressure system that causes tornadoes and hurricanes to form.
What is low pressure?
300
Cycle that never actually involves the atmosphere.
What is the phosphorus cycle?
400
During each planet's revolution, there are two points holding them in a fixed pattern. One is the sun and the other is an unidentified 2nd point.
What is the 1st Law?
400
Layer that is farthest from Earth. Contains the magnetic field which creates the aurora borealis.
*Not the exosphere
What is the thermosphere?
400
The process responsible for generating light and heat from the sun.
What is fusion?
400
A warm air mass is moving into an area that is experiencing cold temperatures. The weather for the next day or two will be _________________.
What is cloudy and rainy?
400
Plants converting carbon dioxide into oxygen is a part of this cycle.
What is the carbon cycle?
500
Jupiter travels slowly in its orbit at aphelion (farthest from the sun) and faster at perihelion (closest to the sun). The area covered during each section is equal.
What is the 2nd Law?
500
Layers of the atmosphere, in order, from Earth to space.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere?
500
December 21 - March 21 in Australia.
What is summer?
500
Name the map.
What is a streamline map?
500
Important cycle that fixes a specific element into a usable source for cellular processes to occur.
What is the nitrogen cycle?