Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
100
this is the shape of the earth, due to faster rotation
What is Oblate Spheroid
100
supercontinent when all Earth land was connected 200 million years ago
What is Pangea
100
amount of salt is dissolved in water
What is salinity
100
gases allow sunlight to heat the Earth and then they hold onto heat
What is the greenhouse effect
100
the universe is expanding as all galaxies move apart
What is hubble law
200
a conclusion that doesn't have 100% proof but is accepted to be true
What is theory
200
plates are moving away from each other
What is divergent boundaries
200
stronger high and low tides due to parallel alignment of the sun, moon and earth
What are spring tides
200
protects us from harmful UV rays, located in the stratosphere
What is the ozone layer
200
"earth-centered", most people prior to only a few centuries ago believed earth was the center of the system
What is geocentric
300
the layers of the inner earth
What is crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
300
plates can move side by side which can cause earthquakes
What is transform boundaries
300
weaker high and low tides due to perpendicular alignment of the sun, moon and earth
What are neap tides
300
the four types of fronts
What is cold, warm, stationary and occluded front
300
takes 28 days, as a result we only see one side of the moon
What is rotation and revolution of the moon
400
these are the four branches of earth science
What is geology, astronomy, meteorology, and oceanology
400
5 characteristics of all minerals
What is solid, inorganic, occur naturally, orderly crystalline structure, same chemical composition
400
the 1000 year process that starts at the North Pole moves to the Equator, to the South Pole and repeats
What is Path of the Global Conveyor Belt
400
man-made chemicals found in refrigerator, air conditioners and hairspray that destroy ozone
What is CFCs
400
around 4 billion years ago, earth collided with another planet, the debris from the collision was pulled together by gravity, forming the moon
What is the giant impact hypothesis
500
the five steps of the scientific method
What are state the problem, gather information, form a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, and state the conclusion
500
any mineral not contain silicon and oxygen
What is non-silicate
500
the five oceans
What is atlantic, pacific, indian, arctic, and southern
500
four layers of the atmosphere
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
500
the order of the planets (closest to farthest)
What is mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune
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