The Force
Gravity, inertia, pressure, etc. are all INVISIBLE forces. (True or False)
What is TRUE?
This is the length of time it takes for the Earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
What is about 365.25 days (365.242 days) or one year?
This is the direction that weather generally moves across the United States.
What is from West to East?
This causes day and night.
What is the Earth's rotation on its axis?
These are the two factors that affect the strength of the force of gravity between two objects
What are MASS and DISTANCE?
This is why days are warmer in the summer (in the northern hemisphere)
What is because the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun, the sun appears to be higher in the sky for longer hours and rays are more direct ?
This is the type of heat transfer by which the troposphere is mostly heated.
What is convection?
This occurs on Sept 21st.
What is the autumnal equinox on the Northern Hemisphere and Spring Equinox on the Southern Hemisphere?
These are the two forces that keep the moon in orbit around the Earth
What is GRAVITY and INERTIA?
These are the reasons for the seasons!
What are:
the Earth is a sphere and it is tilted on its axis as it revolves around the Sun?
This is why the moon looks different at different times of the month.
What is:
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF THE LIT SIDE OF THE MOON WE SEE FROM EARTH, AS THE MOON ORBITS THE EARTH?
When you go higher up in the atmosphere, air pressure ________________
What is DECREASES?
This is the force that causes currents (air and ocean) to curve.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
Because there is no air on the moon, the moon has no gravity (TRUE or FALSE)
What is FALSE?
(The moon has mass, thus it has gravity)
True or false. Earth's distance from the sun is the reason why it is warmer during the summer.
What is FALSE?
(The distance between the Sun and Earth has nothing to with the seasons on Earth).
This is the order of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a solar eclipse.
What is Earth, Moon, Sun?
This is how local winds differ from global winds.
What is unequal heating of the atmosphere over short distances?
This occurs on March 21st.
What is the vernal equinox on the Northern Hemisphere and the autumnal equinox on the Southern Hemisphere?
When an astronaut drops a rock on the moon, the rock will _______________
What is fall to the ground?
This is the order of the Earth, Moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse.
What is Sun, Earth, Moon?
This is the factor by which the layers of the atmosphere are classified.
What is by TEMPERATURE?
This is the type of heat transfer that the troposphere is MOSTLY heated by.
What is CONVECTION?