Space
What body is at the center of our solar system?
Sun
As sediments are buried and then cemented, what type of rock will form?
Sedimentary
What is the hydrosphere?
All of the water on and around earth.
The equator is a measure of what kind of line: longitude or latitude?
Latitude
Which of the following describes the phenomenon of neap tides?
Tides with the least difference between high and low tides
Which of the following correctly describes the movement of the earth, moon, and sun? (hint: what revolves around what?)
Moon revolves around the earth, earth revolves around the sun
As heat and pressure are applied to sedimentary rocks, what type of rock will form?
Metamorphic
What is the biosphere?
All of the life present in and around earth.
Which directions do longitude and latitude lines run?
Latitude lines run east-west, while longitude lines run north-south.
Why does the moon appear to move across the sky during the night?
Earth rotates on its axis
What happens during a total solar eclipse?
The Moon completely covers the Sun.
What effect does a slow cooling rate have on grain size in igneous rocks? (Hint: What size grain?)
It forms large-grained crystals.
What is the geosphere/lithosphere?
All of the solid parts of earth.
Explain why it is important to give both latitude and longitude when giving coordinates.
Without giving both coordinates, the location could be anywhere on the entire latitude or longitude line.
Why do we see the phases of the moon during a month?
We only see the lit part of the moon as it revolves around earth.
What is a lunar eclipse?
When the Earth casts its shadow on the Moon
What term describes igneous rocks that crystallize on the outside of the Earth?
Extrusive
What is the atmosphere?
The thin layer of gases that surround the earth.
Discuss why distortion occurs at different places on different types of projections.
Distortion naturally occurs when a curved surface is projected onto a plate piece of paper. Accuracy can only be maintained in one area, for instance, land mass
Which of the following factors primarily causes tides on Earth?
The gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
Examine the reasons scientist’s place telescopes in space. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Telescopes in space will have clearer images because they are not having to see through earth's atmosphere. A disadvantage to telescopes in space is the expense.
Decide which of the following materials are not minerals, and explain why: natural gas, wood, steel, quartz.
Natural gas: no: liquid
Wood: no: living
Steel: no: manmade
Quartz: yes: solid, nonliving, found in nature
Predict what would happen if the composition of the atmosphere changed.
Answers will vary. Examples: It may not hold enough heat to make earth habitable; if oxygen levels decrease, life will cease to exist; etc
Describe how the distance of a degree of longitude varies from the equator to the poles.
At the equator lines of longitude are farther apart than at the poles where the lines converge to a single point.
When do spring tides occur?
During full or new moon phases