6.2 Solar System
6.3 Earth, Sun & Moon
6.4 Sun & Energy
6.5 Atoms & Matter
6.6 Water
6.7 Air & Atmosphere
6.8 Watershed
6.9 Natural Resources
100
What invention did scientist make that challenged the model of an Earth centered solar system?
What is a telescope?
100
This inner terrestrial planet has a rocky surface, an atmosphere made of nitrogen and oxygen and is covered with large oceans.
What is Earth?
100
This is the source of most energy on the Earth.
What is the sun?
100
These name the subatomic particles shown in this diagram:
What are
A-neutrons
B-protons
C-electrons
D-nucleus
100
This term is used to describe the process of using water as an energy source to generate power.
What is hydroelectricity?
100
Virtually all weather occurs in this atmospheric layer.
What is the troposphere?
100
Area #1 is this watershed.
What is Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
100
Compared to using coal and oil to heat homes, sunlight is a much cleaner energy source. Despite its many advantages, what is one disadvantage of solar energy?
What is solar panels cannot harness energy during stormy weather or at night?
200
This would happen if the sun's gravitational force suddenly stopped.
What is leave its orbit and travel in a straight line?
200
This causes the pattern of day and night.
What is rotation?
200
This is the scientific explanation of the gradual increase in temperature of the atmosphere due to trapped heat.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
200
This term is used to describe a unique substance formed when atoms of two or more different elements are chemically bonded together in fixed proportions.
What is a compound?
200
The smooth surface of the rocks was caused by this:
What is physical weathering by water?
200
The ozone layer is found here.
What is stratosphere?
200
This sample has the lowest turbidity.
What is sample A?
200
An increase in human population has this effect on natural resources.
What is fewer natural resources
300
These are made of ice and dust, travels in a long elliptical orbit around the sun and have tails that point away from the sun.
What is a comet?
300
In this model, this phase of the moon would be viewed from Earth.
What is full moon?
300
This would be the best title for this diagram.
What is Earth's Energy Budget?
300
Using this period table entry, this names the protons and neutrons in Aluminum.
What are 13 protons and 14 neutrons?
300
This explains the ability of water to stick to the surface of another substance.
What is adhesion?
300
Meteors "burn up" here; the coldest part of the atmosphere.
What is a mesosphere?
300
The wetland where salt water mixes with fresh water; brackish water.
What is an estuary?
300
A school that currently gets its electricity from a nuclear power plant wants to reduce its dependency on nonrewable resources, so the school installed this to use renewable energy.
What are solar panels?
400
This planet is said to rotate on its side and appears blue due to methane gas
What is uranus?
400
According to this model, the Southern hemisphere would be experience this season.
What is summer?
400
Thermal energy is distributed using radiation, conduction, and convection. This term refers to objects near Earth's surface touching to receive thermal energy.
What is conduction?
400
This element is found in Earth's crust, ocean, atmosphere, and all living things.
What is oxygen?
400
This elastic-like force allows bugs to "walk on water."
What is surface tension?
400
This type of weather front usually brings sudden stormy weather including drops in temperatures, gusty winds, and thunderstorms.
What is a cold front?
400
The land that water flow across or through on its way to a stream, lake, or wetland, or other body of water
What is a watershed?
400
Besides being nonrenewable, this is a major disadvantage of using fossil fuels.
What is releasing the greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere?
500
This list orders the planet largest to smallest.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
500
According to this model, Earth would be experiencing this type of tides.
What are Spring Tides?
500
Describe the energy path traveled to distribute energy to appliances in a home with solar panels.
What is radiant to chemical to electrial?
500
These are the total atoms in the reactant.
What is 8?
500
The ability of water to move against gravity in narrow openings.
What is capillary action?
500
The hottest atmospheric layer where Aurora borealis occurs
What is thermosphere?
500
These were developed because human waste was dumped into rivers and caused diseases.
What are water and sewage treatment plants?
500
This fossil fuels supplies more energy that any other.
What is coal?