INTRO
MAPPING
ASTRONOMY
MOTIONS OF THE EARTH, MOON, AND SUN
EARTH SCIENCE 1
EARTH SCIENCE 2
meteorology
EARTH SCIENCE THREE
REGENTS REVIEW
100

WHAT DO YOU USE TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION?

SENSES

100

WHAT IS A CONTOUR LINE

CONNECTS EQUAL LINES OF ELEVATION

100

WHAT IS A CELESTIAL OBJECT

ANYTING IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

100

WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE SUN RISE IN?

THE EAST

100

WHAT DIRECTION DO LATITUDE LINES RUN?

NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

100

ONE WAY IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED IS BY THE _______________THAT MAKE THEM UP

MINERALS

100

CLOUDS RISE, COOL, AND _______________

EXPAND

100

WHAT DO THE FEATHER ON A STATION MODEL INDICATE? WIND______________

SPEED

100

EARTH REVOLVES____ DEGREES PER DAY

1 DEGREE

200

WHAT INSTRUMENT MEASURES TEMPERATURE?

THERMOMETER

200

WHAT IS A CONTOUR INTERVAL

THE NUMBER BETWEEN EACH LINE

200

HOW OLD IS THE UNIVERSE

15 BILLION YEARS OLD

200

WHAT DOES GEOCENTRIC MEAN?

EARTH CENTERED

200

WHAT DIRECTION DO LONGITUDE LINES RUN?

EAST AND WEST OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN

200

will I move my clock forward or backwards if I go to California?

BACKWARDS

200

TRANSPIRATION IS THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM____________________

TREES

200

WHAT HAPPENS TO AIR PRESSURE AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES

AIR PRESSURE GOES DOWN

200

THE MOH'S SCALE MEASURES HOW _________ A MINERAL IS

HARD

300

WHAT IS AN INFERENCE?

USING YOUR SENSES TO DRAW A CONCLUSION

300

GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A CONTOUR INTERVAL

5,50,10,200

300

DURING A RED SHIFT WAVES MOVE?

AWAY

300

WHAT DOES HELIOCENTRIC MEAN?

SUN CENTERED

300

LAVA THAT COOLS QUICKLY FORMS EXTRUSIVE OR INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCKS

EXTRUSIVE

300

WHAT TYPE OF MOON STARTS AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY MOON CYCLE?

NEW

300

WHAT DOES A BAROMETER MEASURE?

AIR PRESSURE

300

IS AIR PRESSURE HIGH WHEN ITS COLD OR WARM?

COLD

300

COSMIC BACGROUND RADIATION IS EVIDENCE FOR THE _______________THEORY

BIG BANG

400

WHAT DOES A BAROMETER MEASURE?

AIR PRESSURE

400

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOOL THAT SHOWS DIRECTION ON A MAP

COMPASS OR COMPASS ROSE?

400

THE BIG BANG THEORY STATES THE UNIVERSE IS ?

EXPANDING

400

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THE MOON TO COMPLETE ONE CYCLE?

29-31 DAYS/ONE MONTH

400

WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF THE EARTH?

OBLATE/ELLIPTICAL

400

FELSIC ROCKS ARE LIGHT OR DARK COLORED

LIGHT

400

WATER FALLING FROM CLOUDS IS CALLED_______________

PRECIPITATION

400

WHAT KIND OF WEATHER IS CONNECTED WITH LOW AIR PRESSURE?

STORMY WEATHER

400

THE FOUCAULT PENDULUM IS EVIDENCE THAT EARTH ROTATES ON ITS__________

AXIS

500

WHAT DOES A WIND VANE SHOW?

THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND

500

NAME A IN BETWEEN DIRECTION ON A COMPASS ROSE?

NE,SE,NW,SW

500

WHAT DOES LUMINOSITY MEAN?

BRIGHTNESS OF A STAR

500

NAME ONE PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT THE EARTH ROTATES...

FOUCAULT PENDULUM

CORIOLIS EFFECT

DOPPLER EFFECT(RED SHIFT, BLUE SHIFT)

AMOUNT OF SUN CHANGES DURING THE YEAR

500

HOW OFTEN DOES THE EARTH ROTATE?

ONCE A DAY/EVERY 24 HOURS

500

ANOTHER NAME FOR EARTH'S CRUST IS _____?

LITHOSPHERE

500

WHAT DOES A WIND VANE SHOW?

THE WIND DIRECTION

500

DESCRIBE THE KIND OF DAMAGE YOU WOULD EXPECT WITH A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE

THE WORST KIND OF DAMAGE, LOST LIVES, BUILDING RUINED, NEIGHBORHOOD WIPED OUT.

500

CYCLES OF OCEAN TIDES IS CONTROLLED BY THE MOON'S ROTATION AND THE _________REVOLUTION

MOON'S

600

what does a thermologist study?

temperature

600

WHAT CAUSES THE CHANGING OF SEASONS?

TILT OF EARTH'S AXIX

600

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE AREA IN BUFFALO TILTS AWAY FROM THE SUN?

NAME THE SEASON_________________

IT IS WINTER

600

IS BUFFALO IN THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

NORTHERN

600

WHAT season is it when the northern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun?

SUMMER

600

WHAT CAUSES THE SEASONS?

THE TILT OF THE EARTH

600

WHAT DOES A ANEMOMETER MEASURE?

THE SPEED OF THE WIND

600

WATER TAKES A LONG TIME TO HEAT UP AND A LONG TIME TOM COOL DOWN BECAUSE WATER HAS A HIGH SPECIFIC____________

HEAT

600

NUCLEAR FUSION GIVES A STAR ITS ____________

ENERGY

700

WHAT DOES A WIND VANE SHOW

DIRECTION THE WIND IS BLOWING

700

what does latitude mean?

lines that run NORTH and SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

700

the earth rotates on its____________

AXIS

700

WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE SUN SET IN?

WEST

700

WHY IS THE EQUATOR THE WARMEST?

BECAUSE IT RECEIVES THE MOST DIRECT SUNLIGHT

700

AS AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASES, AIR PRESSURE GOES UP OR DOWN?

DOWN/DECREASES

700

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR AIR PRESSURE?

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

700

NAME THE 2 KINDS OF LUSTER

METALLIC/NONMETALLIC

700

_______________ IS IF A MINERAL BREAKS INTO A SMOOTH FLAT SURFACE.

CLEAVAGE OR FRACTURE

CLEAVAGE

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