Weather/Climate
This instrument measures temperature
Thermometer
WHAT IS A CONTOUR LINE
CONNECTS EQUAL LINES OF ELEVATION
WHAT IS A CELESTIAL OBJECT
ANYTHING ABOVE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
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?
The idea of superposition describes rock layers ______
show oldest rocks lower in an outcrop / Youngest on top of outcrop
What are the two types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
EARTH REVOLVES ABOUT____ DEGREES PER DAY
1 DEGREE
Sling psychrometer
WHAT IS A CONTOUR INTERVAL
THE NUMBER BETWEEN EACH LINE
HOW OLD IS THE UNIVERSE
13.8 BILLION YEARS OLD
WHAT DOES GEOCENTRIC MEAN?
EARTH CENTERED
ONE WAY IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED IS BY THE _______________(COMPOSITION) THAT MAKE THEM UP
Minerals
This type of plate boundary occurs when two plates are sliding past each other
Two indicators of a good Index fossils require the organism to have __________
Lived in a wide geographic area and for a short amount of time.
This process describes the transportation of weathered materials to a new location
What is erosion?
WHAT DIRECTION DO LONGITUDE LINES RUN?
North-South
Warm winters and cool summers
BOLD LABELED CONTOUR LINE (EVERY 5TH) FOR EASY MAP READING
DURING A RED SHIFT WAVES MOVE?
AWAY
IS NEW YORK IN THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
WHAT IS NORTHERN?
These igneous rocks are created on/near the surface of the Earth where lava solidifies
What are extrusive igneous rocks?
This type of wave can only travel through solids
What is an s-wave?
The theory that all layers are deposited in parallel layers __________
What is original horizontality?
This portion of the creek undergoes the most erosion
What is the outside bank, or outside of the curve?
COSMIC BACGROUND RADIATION IS EVIDENCE FOR THE _______________THEORY
BIG BANG
WHAT KIND OF WEATHER IS CONNECTED WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE?
Cloudy/stormy weather
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOOL THAT SHOWS DIRECTION ON A MAP
COMPASS OR COMPASS ROSE?
THE BIG BANG THEORY STATES THE UNIVERSE IS ?
EXPANDING FROM AN EXPLOSION
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 process in the water cycle describes how clouds are created
What is condensation?
These long, oval-shaped hills are created by glacier deposits and show the direction in which the glacier moved
What are drumlins?
THE FOUCAULT PENDULUM IS EVIDENCE THAT EARTH
ROTATES ON ITS AXIS
A station model shows a station with 3 long flags and 1 short flag. What is the wind speed at this station?
What is 35 knots?
If Polaris is seen to be 50 degree above the horizon, what is your latitude?
50 degrees North
WHAT DOES LUMINOSITY MEAN?
BRIGHTNESS OF A STAR
NAME ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH ROTATES...
FOUCAULT PENDULUM
CORIOLIS EFFECT
DAY AND NIGHT
_______________ 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?
This effect occurs when mountains alter the temperature and moisture of an area
What is the orographic effect?
This landscape region contains metamorphic bedrock and extent to high elevations
What are mountains?
What type of wind pattern is observed with low pressure systems?
What is counterclockwise and inward?
A station model shows a 3-digit code for pressure as "936". What is the actual air pressure?
What is 993.6 mb?
WHAT CAUSES THE CHANGING OF SEASONS?
TILT OF EARTH'S AXIS
This season occurs when we are tilted away from the sun
What is winter?
This model describes the sun being in the center of the solar system
What is heliocentric?
These rocks are created from the solidification of magma/lava
What are igneous rocks?
A p-wave can travel 4,000 km in this time
What is 7 minutes?
This type of convection current is caused by differences in density and pressure and occurs on the shores of beaches during the day.
What are seabreezes?
These parallel scratches are left behind by glaciers caused by the physical weathering of rocks embedded in the ice
What are striations?
This process occurs in the center of stars in which light and energy are created
What is nuclear fusion?
What are the two main greenhouse gases that contribute to a warmer atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide and Methane
What is the formula for gradient?
Change in field value / distance
the earth rotates on its axis at an angle of
23.5 degrees
The sun sets in this direction on the first summer here in New York
What is Northwest?
This name is given to igneous rocks that show air pockets
What is vesicular?
A location typically in the middle of plates where volcanoes such as Hawaii exist are called ____________
What are hot spots?
This type of weather front occurs when the cold air of a cold front fully wraps around a low pressure?
What is an occluded front?
These glacial features are created when ice detaches from the glacier, is buried below sediments, melts, and creates a water feature
What is a Kettle Lake?
This describes how much energy it takes to heat 1 gram of a substance 1 degree Celsius
What is specific heat?