Astronomy
What type of reaction does the sun undergo?
What is Nuclear Fusion?
What are the 3 types of Plate Boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, & Transform
How can water be an agent for physical weathering?
By seeping into the cracks of rocks and freezing.
or
Ice Wedging.
When rainwater reaches Earth’s surface, it can run off into surface water bodies or infiltrate soil and rock to become groundwater. Which of these surfaces would allow the most runoff and least infiltration of rainwater?
gravel - cement - sand - grass
What is Cement?
What is the main difference between weather and climate?
The amount of time invovled.
What galaxy is the Earth located in, AND what type of galaxy is it?
The Milky Way Galaxy
It is a Spiral Galaxy
What are the 3 types of Faults?
Transform, Reverse & Strike-Slip
What are the 2 processes that create sedimentary rocks?
What are Compaction and Cementation.
If a steam becomes polluted, what is likely to happen to the surrounding groundwater?
The groundwater will become polluted as well.
What type of weather is a cold front MOST LIKELY to bring?
What is stormy/rainy weather.
If it is winter in Charlotte, NC; what kind of sunlight is the Southern Hemisphere receiving?
What is Direct Sunlight.
What is the process called when the more dense Plate Tectonic goes beneath another one?
What is subduction?
What kind of material is found in the C horizon of a soil profile?
What is partially weathered parent material.
Which is one step in the water cycle that would cause a decrease to groundwater in the area?
What is Evaporation or ?
This type of severe weather will first form off the west coast of Africa.
What is a hurricane?
What happens during nuclear fusion
combining smaller nuclei into a larger one
In an Earthquake, in what directions do seismic waves move from the focus?
What is ALL directions
Which agent of erosion creates sand dunes?
What is wind?
In the hydrologic cycle, which process contributes to a decrease in groundwater levels?
What is evaporation?
What is a Continental Polar airmass?
Which motion is caused by the revolution of the moon and its gravity around the Earth?
What is Nutation?
Earthquakes can be severe along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California, but volcanoes are nonexistent. Why is this?
The crustal plates slide along each other without subducting at this fault.
Which agent of erosion is responsible for moving more sediment on Earth than anything else?
What is water?
What is the difference between porosity and permeability?
Porosity: a measure of how much of a rock is open space.
Permeability: measure of the ease with which a fluid (water in this case) can move through a porous rock
What is the cause for the Coriolis Effect?
The Earths Rotation