Tides
During which lunar phase is the tide the highest?
Full and new moon
Earth would not have seasons if it no longer
TILTED on its axis
When scientists find the same types of rocks and fossils on Africa and Antarctica, what is the explanation?
Continents were attached but drifted away over time
On the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, how is temperature measured from LEFT to RIGHT?
HOTTEST to COLDEST
Why does the sun appear to be brighter to people on Earth than any other star?
Because the sun is the CLOSEST!
During which lunar phase does a NEAP tide occur?
1st and 3rd quarter moon
If the Northern Hemisphere is TILTED TOWARDS the sun, what season is it experiencing?
SUMMER
Rocks collected from mountains in West Texas were the same as rocks from mountains in Antarctica were exactly the same. This provides evidence of what?
Plate Tectonics
On the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, how is LUMINOSITY measured from TOP to BOTTOM?
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
If the Southern Hemisphere is TILTED AWAY from the sun, what season is it experiencing?
Winter
What type of plate boundaries MOVE AWAY from each other? (DIVIDE)
Divergent Plate Boundaries
Star formation BEGINS in a .....
NEBULA
Is a star with HIGH luminosity bright or dim?
BRIGHT
What is the order of the seasons if you start with SUMMER?
What type of plate boundaries MOVE TOWARDS each other? (COLLIDE)
Convergent Plate Boundaries
A system of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
A GALAXY
Is a star with a temperature of 2,500K on the diagram COOL or HOT?
Cool
A boy models the sun and Earth by saying he is the SUN and starts swinging a ball around his head. What does this demonstrate between the sun and Earth?
The gravitational attraction
Transform plate boundary
On an arm of a spiral-shaped galaxy.