Random Astronomy
Random Meteorology
VOCABULARY
Quizzes- Astronomy
Quizzes- Meteorology
100
Reasons that Earth can sustain life...
water food perfect distance from the sun breathable air suitable atmosphere solid surface weather
100
The transfer of heat by the touching of objects.
What is Conduction?
100
A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals..
What is a cloud?
100
What is a light year?
The amount of time it takes light to travel in a year.
100
Don't go outside during a storm Have a plan for home and school Take shelter
What is WEATHER SAFETY PRINCIPALS?
200
Moon Phases in order....
New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter Waxing Gibbous Full Moon Waning Gibbous Last Quarter Waning Crescent
200
4 main layers of the atmosphere 2 main gasses
Troposphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Thermosphere Nitrogen & Oxygen
200
Highly dense planets- closest to the sun; M V E M
What is Terrestrial Planets?
200
What is an Astronomical Unit?
The distance between Earth and the Sun.
200
Order of the Layers of the Atmosphere
Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere
300
A planets orbit.... (SHAPE)
A planets orbit is an ellipse or otherwise known as an elongated circle.
300
What would happen if the world was all one temperature?
There would be no weather no temperature difference no fresh water
300
The short term state of atmosphere. Including temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and visibility.
What is Weather?
300
Which of the GAS GIANTS have rings?
All Gas Giants have rings.
300
A large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture content throughout.
What is and Air Mass?
400
GRAVITY AND INERTIA
Gravity- pulls a planet toward the sun Inertia- keeps a planet moving forward
400
The movement of air caused by differences in air pressure.
What is wind?
400
The counterclockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planets north pole. The clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planets north pole.
Prograde Retrograde
400
Which two planets do not have moons? During a solar eclipse, a moon is in which phase?
Venus and Mercury New Moon
400
The apparent curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's Rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
500
27 days; 9 hours
What is one day on the moon?
500
The transfer of water from plants to the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
500
The difference between ROTATE and REVOLVE
Rotation- The spin of a body on its axis. Revolution- The motion of a body that travels around another body in space.
500
A body that orbits around another body in space. (could be Natural or Artificial.
What is a Satellite?
500
How much of the Earth is covered in water? How much of that is salty?
70.9% 97.5%
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