Unit 1:Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
100
Value that occurs the most
What is Mode
100
Supercontinent when all Earth land was connected 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea
100
Newly designed ocean surrounding Antarctica
What is Sothern Ocean
100
0.4%, Primary Greenhouse Gas, Essential to Life
What is Water Vapor
100
Spheres of matter that is too small to produce its own energy
What is Planet
200
Things in the experiments that change
What is variable
200
The rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top of the asthenosphere
What is Lithosphere
200
Metal sphere which is lowered on cables to the deep ocean floor
What is Bathysphere
200
3rd Layer from the Earth and burns up Meteoroids
What is Mesosphere
200
Smaller space debris
What is Meteoroids
300
Imaginary line through the poles tilted at 23.5 degrees
What is axis
300
A device used to record and measure seismic waves
What is Seismograph
300
Amount of salt is dissolved in water, listed in ppt (Parts per Thousand) Average is 35 ppt
What is Salinity
300
Forms over the ocean and in the tropics = High Humidity and high temperature
What is Maritime Tropical
300
Sun Centered-People did not like this model, but was later proven correct
What is heliocentric
400
Slightly wider at the equator, due to faster rotation
What is oblate spheroid
400
Where magma is stored below volcano
What is Magma Chamber
400
Top of the wave
What is crest
400
Hot air mass and Cold air mass come together and stay in one spot it makes light rain for a long period of time
What is Stationary Front
400
Largest Planet. Big Red Spot
What is Jupiter
500
First day of spring (March 20)- sun strikes directly on the equator
What is Vernal Equinox
500
Rocks that form underground (Igneous)
What is Instrusive
500
Metallic or Nonmetallic- Metals are dark in color (black, sliver, gold, copper), heavy, shinny
What is Luster
500
Occurs in Tropical Oceans
What is Hurricanes
500
Rigid, Lighter colored material
What is Highlands
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