Plate Tectonics
The Moon
Rotation & Revolution
Stars
Everything Else..
100
What are the layers of the earth? (List FIVE!)
Lithosphere / Aesthenosphere / Mantle / Outer Core / Inner Core
100
Where does moonlight come from?
The Sun
100
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
Rotation is spinning, Revolution is moving around another object.
100
What is a star?
a BURNING ball of GAS
100
When you are experiencing low high tides and high low tides (producing the smallest difference in tides) what is occurring?
A neap tide
200
What type of boundary causes a rift valley?
A divergent boundary.
200
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth?
28 Days
200
If it is January, what season are you experiencing in the northern hemisphere? in the southern hemisphere?
In the northern hemisphere it is winter, and in the southern hemisphere it is summer.
200
What color are the coldest stars?
Red
200
During what moon phases will you experience the highest of high tides and the lowest of low tides?
During the new moon and full moon
300
What is the difference between CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY and the THEORY of PLATE TECTONICS?
Continental Drift Theory is the theory that the continents moved. The Theory of Plate Tectonics explains how the plates moved.
300
What phase comes 3 after New Moon?
Waxing Gibbous
300
If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the earth, what season are you experiencing?
Summer
300
What is a galaxy?
A group of billions of stars
300
What does a topographic map demonstrate?
Differences in elevation over an area
400
What did Alfred Wegner notice that lead to the theory of continental drift?
1. Matching mountain ranges 2. Continents matching like puzzle pieces 3. The same fossils found on different continents.
400
What phase occurs when the earth is between the Earth and Sun?
New Moon
400
If the earth was not tilted, what would change?
We would not experience the change of seasons, we would have the same weather all year long.
400
What are the three types of galaxies?
Spiral, Irregular, Elliptical
400
What is convection? Give an example of where you might see convection occurring
The movement of cold and hot materials. This can occur in the mantle of the earth, in the air, and in water.
500
What are three types of boundraries? Draw arrows to demonstrate the direction that each plate is taking.
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
500
What does waxing mean? What are the three waxing phases?
Waxing means to get bigger. The three phases are waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous.
500
Draw a picture to that illustrates Day & Night.
Good Job!
500
Where are stars born?
In a nebula
500
Look at the white board. What does the topographic map symbolize?
A hole
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