Astronomy
Lithosphere
Human Impact
Water Cycle
Atmosphere
100

Some constellations are more prominent in the night sky of North Carolina in winter, while other constellations are more prominent in the night sky in summer. Why is this?

What is Earth revolving around the sun 

100

Where are most volcanoes located?(2 boundaries) 

What are convergent and divergent boundaries?

100

Which is one way poor use of fertilizers in agriculture can affect the hydrologic cycle?

What is ground water pollution? 

100

In the hydrologic cycle, which process contributes to a decrease in groundwater levels?

What is evaporation?

100

What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

What is the troposphere?

200

What is most likely to occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in a relatively straight line?

What is spring tide?

200

What would  building structures that withstand ground vibrations help prevent the effects of?

What are earthquakes?

200

What is the action of clearing a wide area of trees? 

What is deforestation?

200

What result is likely to occur after excessive withdrawal of groundwater in coastal areas?

What is salt water intrusion?
200

What layer of the atmosphere contains Aurora Borealis ? 

What is the thermosphere?

300

How does the energy travel from the sun to Earth?

What are electromagnetic waves?

300

What type of seismic wave is the most damaging to earths surface?

What are surface waves?

300

What type of resource is peat harvesting?

What is a non-renewable resource?

300

What is a possible consequence of the destruction of a marsh?

What is decreased filtering of water?

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What is decreased biodiversity?

300

What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?

What is the mesosphere?

400

What is the shape in which Earth revolves around the sun?

What is elliptical?

400

Primary waves occur before or after secondary waves and move which way?

What is before and back and forth?

400

Why are solar, wind, and water energy not widely used?

What is expensive and not as reliable?

400

What is a water shed?

What is a collection of all water in a specific area that then drains to different bodies of water?
400

Temperature increases as altitude increases in both the stratosphere and the thermosphere. What is the main difference between these two layers?

What is the temperature increases in the stratosphere because ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation, and in the thermosphere because of direct exposure to the sun. 

500

What does keplers 2nd law state?

What is elliptical orbit around the sun.

500

Which geographic features form as a result of continental-continental convergent plates?

What are mountain ranges?

500
When a city is hotter than its surrounding areas?

What is an urban heat island?

500

What is an aquifer and how do we use it?

What is water beneath the ground that can be is accessible through the use of a well?

500

Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from lowest altitude to highest altitude.(Include everything)

What is troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, thermosphere, exosphere?

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