Water
Oceans
Plate Tectonics
Astronomy
Rocks and Rivers
100
Where is most water on Earth held?
What is oceans
100
What two things influence the density of seawater?
What is temperature and salinity
100
Where are volcanoes most likely to form?
What is on plate boundaries
100
What would happen to out summer if the tilt of the Earth were less than what it is today?
What is the summer would be cooler
100
What does it mean if a rock is foliated?
What is it has layers
200
What are the two largest uses of freshwater in the US?
What is irrigation and public use
200
How are fish catches affected during an El Nino event in the equatorial Pacific?
What is fish catches decrease because of downwelling
200
What happens at a convergent boundary where subduction occurs?
What is a volcano forms on land and a trench forms in the ocean
200
What is the position of the sun, Earth, and moon during a full moon?
What is sun, earth in middle, moon at a tilt
200
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
What is from sediment being compacted and cemented together
300
What is condensation?
What is when a gas turns back into a liquid
300
How do ocean temperature and Pacific Trade Winds change during an El Nino event?
What is the water becomes warmer and the winds change direction
300
What is viscosity?
What is the resistance to flow
300
What is the position of the sun, Earth, and moon during a solar eclipse?
What is the sun, moon, and Earth in perfect alignment
300
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
What is by changing a rock due to heat and pressure
400
What is infiltration?
What is when water seeps down into the ground and forms groundwater
400
What hazard can result from irrigation water filtering through soil?
What is groundwater contamination, sink holes
400
What directly relates to the viscosity of magma?
What is silica content
400
What would happen if the distance between the Earth and the moon were to decrease?
What is tides would be more extreme; higher high tides, lower low tides
400
What is the difference between intrusive and extrusive igneous rocks?
What is intrusive are formed inside the Earth from cooling magma; extrusive are formed outside the crust from cooling lava.
500
Is Earth really a closed system?
What is no, lose water for long periods of time in rocks, gain water through volcanic eruptions
500
How does upwelling influence fish catches?
What is it brings cold, nutrient rich water top the surface which attracts fish and allows fishermen to catch an abundant amount.
500
What direction is the least likely direction lava would flow out of point "x"?
What is north
500
How did our solar system form?
What is started out as a nebula, started to rotate, sun formed at the center, through accretion, created the planets
500
How would a rock change over time if it were dropped in a fast moving river?
What is it would lose mass and become more rounded
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