Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
100
This is another name for the difference in the data
What is variance
100
This is the super ocean which surrounded Pangaea
What is Panthalassa
100
This is the mini submarine which sinks to the ocean floor and has mobility
What is a Bathyscaphe
100
These are the layers of the atmosphere from the crust up
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
100
These are nicknames "dirty snowballs"
What are comets
200
This is something in an experiment that does not change.
What is Invariable
200
He is the geologist who discovered the mid ocean ridge
Who is Harry Hess
200
These two men were the first people to travel to the Challengers Deep located in the Mariana Trench
Who are Jacques Picard and Don Walsh
200
The measure of how much light is reflected from any surface
What is albedo
200
This is the theory that our solar system was formed from a nebula
What is the Nebula Theory
300
This is the order of the earth's layers from outside to inside
What is core, mantel, outer core, inner core
300
This is the rigid crust and upper mantel that sits on the asthenosphere
What is Lithosphere
300
This is the effect that says that currents in the Northern Hemisphere deflect to the right and currents in the South Hemisphere deflect to the left
What is the Coriolis Effect
300
These are man-made chemicals found in fridges, air conditioners and hairspray that destroys ozone
What is CFCs
300
This is the sun centered theory of the solar system which wasn't popular at first, but was found to be true
What is Heliocentric
400
This is the first day of fall.
What is Autumnal Equinox
400
This is when two plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes
What is Transform Boundaries
400
This is a type of wave break that break far out
What is spilling breakers
400
This is a front in which two cold air masses move into a warm air mass
What is an occluded front
400
This is the order of the planets from closest to furthest from the sun
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
500
This is a devise which uses triangulation to find an exact location.
What is Global Positioning System
500
This type of lava cools quickly and has a jagged texture
What is AA
500
This is the opposing force of gravity that causes tides
What is Inertia
500
These are the 3 types of storms we learned about
What are thunderstorms, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes
500
This is the lowlands on the moon
What is Maria
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