Atmosphere & Weather
Northern Lights
Imagine if the ocean water didn't move. Why did God create ocean currents?
If the ocean didn't move it would become stagnant. All life in the ocean would die.
What is the difference between astronomy & astrology?
Astronomy - The study of the plantes, moons, stars, and other things found outside of the earth.
Astrology - Based on superstition
Why is looking for Noah's Ark a slow and difficult process?
Ice & harsh weather make it difficult.
The Turkish government must approve any search.
What caused the original earth to break apart into the continents we have today?
The Flood
What are the four types of clouds?
stratus
cumulus
cirrus
nimbus
What is reverse osmosis?
A process that passes the sea water through a special permeable membrane (filter) that allows water molecules to pass through without letting the salt & other minerals pass through.
Our solar system is part of what galaxy?
Milky Way
What are the four categories of earth science?
astronomy
meteorology
geology
hydrology/oceanography
The surface of the earth wears away in what three ways?
Weathering
Mass Wasting
Stream erosion
When a satellite orbits the earth from the north pole to the south pole it is called a _______ orbit.
Polar Orbit
Name the four ocean zones.
Sunlight/Euphotic Zone
Twilight/Disphotic Zone
Midnight/Aphotic Zone
Abyss
Name the eight planets in our solar system.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is the hardest known mineral?
Diamonds
What are the three types of earthquake waves?
P waves (primary)
S waves (secondary)
L waves (long)
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
Exosphere
The bacteria near the deep sea vent, what does it eat and why is the bacteria important?
It eats the sulfur from the deep sea vents.
The bacteria is the food source for the animals living near these vents.
Who founded NASA?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coal is mostly made up of what remains?
plants
What three factors determine how much damage is done by an earthquake?
Magnitude
Location/Population
Length of the tremor
What are the five most important conditions in the troposphere that meteorologists study?
temperature
air pressure/atmospheric pressure
humidity
wind
precipitation
What is a deep sea vent and where is it found?
Midnight zone
It is a rift in the sea floor where two tectonic plates are moving apart. The rift fills with hot magma and the water flows down into the rift. It eventually shoots its way back to the ocean floor.
Mariner 10 passed by what planet three times in 1974?
Mercury
What type of glacier makes up more than 95% of ice glaciers?
What five things is soil formed from?
sand, silt, clay, bits of decayed plants, & animals