Hierarchy and Structure of the Universe
Name 3 proporties of stars
Possible Answers: Brightness, Distance, Luminosity, Radius, Chemical Composition, Temperature
What causes seasons?
The Earth's spinning axis
What are the Earth's Layers?
Crust, Mantle, Core
The is the atmosphere?
The atmosphere is a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth
What is weather?
Weather is the temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover.
What are the 3 things the universe is made up of?
dark energy, dark matter, and ordinary matter
What are the terrestrial planets?
mercury, venus, earth, and mars
What plate boundary is associated with earthquakes?
convergent plate boundary
What are the parts of the earth's system
geosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
Name the 5 weather conditions (100 for each)
sunny-cloudy-windy-rainy-stormy
How have people modeled the solar system? (100 points each)
People model the solar system by cave markings, calendars, and astronomical symbols
What are the gas giants?
jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune
How do mountains form?
Mountains form when two continental plates collide
How does water change state and move around on Earth?
Water moves through the atmosphere and evaporates into water vapor.
How does the water cycle affect weather patterns?
When it gets really hot outside, the water from lakes, rivers, and oceans evaporates and goes into the clouds
Why is gravity important in the solar system?
It holds the planets in orbit around the sun and the moon around the Earth
What are the properties of the sun? (by mass percentage)
The sun by mass is about 70.6% hydrogen and 24.7% helium
What are plate tectonics?
A scientific theory that explains how major landforms are created as a result of Earth's subterranean movements
How does water move in the ocean?
Water moves in the ocean by gravity pulling the wind and water currents.
What is weather? (deep description)
Weather is the temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloud cover
What is found in the solar system? (not including the sun, planets, and moons) (100 points each)
Asteroids, Stars, Comets, Meteoroids, Random Elements
What causes tides?
The gravitational forces exerted on the earth by the moon, and to a lesser extent, the sun.
How do volcanoes change Earth’s surface?
volcanic gases like sulfur dioxide can cause global cooling, while volcanic carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, has the potential to promote global warming
Wind is when a movement of air caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface from the sun.
How does climate affect the water cycle?
The sun's rays change the temperature of that given day. If the sun is higher in temperature one day then the earth's temperature will increase.