Earth's Facts
Moist Adiabatic Lapse Rate
0.6 / 100 m
Greek who first measured earth's circumference
Eratosthenes
The point in the earth's orbit farthest from the sun
aphelion
When temp rises as you go up in the troposphere
Temp inversion
The fossil record is biased towards ____________.
hard parts of ocean dwellers
Alpha Centauri
Lost his nose by the sword
Tycho Brahe
The sun's outer atmosphere
Corona
The outermost level of the earth's atmosphere
Thermosphere
What is the term for how maps can be portrayed?
Temp of the sun's surface
6,000 degree C
Proposed idea of continental drift
Alfred Wagner
Pulsar
What two factors determine how bright a star appears to us?
distance and luminosity
Divisions in the geologic time table are based on ________.
Fossil evidence
Average density of earth
5.5 g/cm3
Discovered Jupiter's moons using his telescope
Galileo
The apparent shift of an object in relation to another
Parallax
What are the 2 main differences between Jovian and Terrestrial planets?
larger diameters and longer periods of revolution
Which period is associated with an 'Explosion of life'
Cambrian
Circumference of the earth at equator
24,902 miles
'The present is the key to the past'
James Hutton
When an object is rushing towards you
Blue shift
What is the difference between outwash and till?
till is unsorted, outwash is sorted
How long is a sidereal month?
27.3 days