Earth Science 1
The largest planet
What is Jupiter?
Name one thing you learned in Earth Science this year.
Science is the Best!
Number of days for the Moon to complete 1 Lunar Cycle
What is Approximately 28 days?
Name a renewable energy source
Solar, Wind (Eolic) , Water (Hydro), Tidal, Geothermal, Biomass
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Lab was an example of this.
What is mining?
The 3 types of tectonic boundaries.
What is convergent, divergent, transform?
A group of planets beyond the Asteroid Belt.
What is the Outer Planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)?
We call this the largest underwater mountain range.
What is the Mid ocean ridge?
This step in the water cycle occurs when a liquid becomes a gas.
What is evaporation?
The process by which water vapor becomes a liquid again is called?
condensation
What process during the rock cycle makes a metamorphic rock into sediments?
weathering and erosion
Name 3 processes in the Water Cycle.
Precipitation, Condensation, Transpiration, Sublimation, Evaporation, Run off, Infiltration
This type of rock is formed when fragments are compacted and cemented together.
What is Sedimentary?
Name the 4th planet in the Solar System.
What is Mars?
This is the process by which a metamorphic rock forms.
What is heat and pressure?
A small body in outer space, orbiting the Sun, made of ice and dust.
What is a comet?
What type of front do I have when the air masses are not moving, or moving very little?
Stationary front
If the Southern hemisphere is facing towards the sun what season will it be in Georgia?
Winter
This part of the water cycle occurs during thunderstorms.
What is precipitation?
This type of boundary creates mountains (BE SPECIFIC).
Convergent Continental - Continental
Seasons are caused by.... (2 things)
What is the Tilt of Earth's Axis and Earth's Revolution around the Sun?
Earth is ____% land and ______% water.
What is 30% land and 70% water?
What scale is used to measure Earthquakes?
The Richter Scale.
This type of boundary is responsible for seafloor spreading
Divergent
Describe in detail one observation that supports the continental drift theory
fit of the continents, the distribution of ancient fossils, rocks, and mountain ranges, and the locations of ancient climatic zones.