Weather/Climate
This instrument measures temperature
Thermometer
The number of stars in our solar system
What is 1?
WHAT GENERAL DIRECTION DOES THE SUN RISE IN?
THE EAST
Minerals are made of this
What are elements?
This type of plate boundary is when two plates are colliding with each other
What is convergent?
What are the two types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
This instrument measures air pressure
Barometer
HOW OLD IS THE UNIVERSE
13.8 BILLION YEARS OLD
WHAT DOES GEOCENTRIC MEAN?
EARTH CENTERED
Metamorphic rocks are formed from these two factors
What are heat and pressure?
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are sliding past each other
This process describes the transportation of weathered materials to a new location
What is erosion?
Warm winters and cool summers
A shift in the 'red' direction when observing light spectra show this.
The object is moving away
How 'squished' or 'oval' and orbit is
What is eccentricity?
If a fossil is shown what type of rock is the sample?
What is sedimentary?
This is the only layer of the earth that is a liquid.
What is the outer core?
This portion of the creek undergoes the most erosion
What is the outside bank, or outside of the curve?
WHAT KIND OF WEATHER IS CONNECTED WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE?
Cloudy/stormy weather
This process occurs in the cores of stars where atoms collide and make heavier elements
What is nuclear fusion?
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THE MOON TO COMPLETE ONE CYCLE OF PHASES?
About 30 DAYS
NAME THE 2 KINDS OF LUSTER
WHAT IS METALLIC AND NONMETALLIC
Mid-ocean ridges are created at these type of plate boundaries
What are divergent?
This landscape region has a low elevation and mostly sedimentary bedrock
What are lowlands/valleys/plains?
This boundary between air masses typically causes wet and storm weather
What is a front?
WHAT DOES LUMINOSITY MEAN?
BRIGHTNESS OF A STAR
The shape celestial objects make as they revolve around the sun
What is an ellipse?
_______________ IS IF A MINERAL BREAKS INTO A SMOOTH FLAT SURFACES OR SPECIFIC SHAPES.
WHAT IS CLEAVAGE?
This layer of the Earth contains convection currents that lead to the motion of crustal plates.
What is the Asthenosphere/mantle?
This landscape region contains metamorphic bedrock and extent to high elevations
What are mountains?