Map Types & Projections
Scientific Method & SI
Earth Basics
Studying the Earth & Earth Systems
Ecology Basics
100
shown as straight lines on azimuthal map projections and arcs on Mercator projects, the show the shortest route between 2 points on earth and are used by pilots
What are Great Circle Routes?
100
The SI unit of weight is ___________.
What is the newton (N).
100
Shape of the Earth
What is oblate spheroid?
100
The "sphere" that covers most of the Earth's surface.
What is hydrosphere?
100
Consumer organisms that get energy by breaking down other organisms. An example is fungi.
What are consumer organisms?
200
hobby that people use GPS coordinates to conduct treasure hunts
What is Geocaching?
200
At the 1968, Olympics in Mexico City, track races were measured to the tenths of seconds and at the 2012 Olympics in Beijing, the swimming races were measured to the thousandths of seconds. What part of measurement improved over this time period (1968-2012)
What is precision?
200
thinnest & outermost zone of the Earth
What is the crust?
200
the cycle in which the element_________moves from the air to the soil in order to "fix" this element into plants by the action of bacteria. This element is necessary for plant growth.
What is nitrogen?
200
a model that shows the relationships between multiple food chains in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
300
City in England in which the Prime Meridian passes
What is Greenwich?
300
Process where scientists who want to publish their findings have their reports studied by other scientists who make comments.
What is peer review?
300
composition of the Earth's core?
What is iron & nickel?
300
System in which energy is transferred by matter is NOT transferred to its surroundings.
What is closed system?
300
The largest population in an environment at any given time is called the __________.
What is carrying capacity?
400
Another name for zero degrees latitude
What is the equator?
400
A possible explanation or solution to a problem or question posed by a scientist
What is a hypothesis?
400
Energy is transferred between systems but it cannot be created nor destroyed is the ____ law of _________.
What is 1st law of thermodynamics?
400
defined as the ability to do work
What is energy?
400
The largest ecosystem on Earth is called ___________
What is the biosphere?
500
advantage of using a series of conical projections to make a world map
What is increases accuracy?
500
The variable in an experiment that is measured
What is the dependent variable?
500
Name 1 of 2 Earth's internal sources of energy
What is radioactive decay and gravitational contraction?
500
the only matter that exists naturally on Earth in three physical states of matter (liquid, solid & gas)
What is water?
500
The reason why every ecosystem on Earth includes plants.
What is plants make their own energy from the Sun thru photosynthesis (are producers) which in turn provides energy for all consumer organisms?
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