Astronomy
What is in the center of the Milky way
Black Hole
What is the image shown below
Refractured
What are the 4 layers of the atmosphere?
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere a Thermosphere
What is the relationship between air pressure and altitude?
Indirect
Why does ice float in liquid water?
Ice is less dense.
Which object in our solar system has the greatest density?
Earth
Equal areas of which surface would most likely absorb the most insolation
A) rough, black surface B) smooth, black surface
C) rough, white surface D) smooth, white surface
A
What is the actual shape of earth called?
An oblate sphere
What wind belt is NY in?
Westerlies
What is the difference between observation and inference?
Observation uses 5 senses and inferences are guesses or predictions.
Planets that are closest to the sun are identified as
High-density terrestrial
Most of the solar radiation absorbed by earths surface is later radiated back into space as which type of electromagnetic radiation?
A)X-ray B)Ultraviolet C)Infrared D)Radio Wave
C
What atmospheric temp zone is located between 8 and 32 miles above earth's surface?
Stratosphere
What happens when the dew point and air temperature are close together?
Precipitation (100% RH)
Difference between mass and weight.
Mass:amount of matter an object has. Weight:the result of the force of gravity pulling on an object.
Which list shows stars in order of increasing temperature?
A)Rigel, Polaris, Aldebaran, Barnard Star
B)Barnard Star, Polaris, Sirius, Rigel
C)Aldebaran, Sun, Rigel, Procyon B
D)Procyon B, Alpha Centauri, Polaris, Betelegeuse
B)Barnard Star, Polaris, Sirius, Rigel
Heat energy will normally flow from
A)30 to 20 B)30 to 31 C)20 to 39 D)29 to 31
A
What is the continental and oceanic crust composed of
C= Granitic
B= Basaltic
Steps of cloud formation?
Warm/moist air rises, expands and cools to dew point, and condenses on condensation nuclei
What is density?
The mass of particles and how closely they're packed.
State one possible distance from the sun, in million kilometers, at which an asteroid in the asteroid belt can be found
435 million km
During which phase change will two grams of water release 668 joules of heat energy?
A)Vaporization B) Condensation C) Freezing D)Melting
B
A river is at a location 260 meters above sea level and flows into a swamp 182 meters above sea level. The length between the two is 12 kilometers. What is the gradient of the river?
6.5 m/km
Draw a Land breeze make sure to include time of day, and the pressure and temp over the land and the sea
Does density always remain the same?
Yes! Density remains the same no matter what.