Density and Changes
Mapping
Astronomy
Weather
Geology
100
As pressure increases, density _______?
increases
100
What could you use to prove the shape of the earth?
pictures from space
100
One hour of the Earth's rotation equals how many degrees?
15
100
High or low pressure? sinking air currents, dry conditions, little or no clouds
High
100
What is an example of kinetic energy within the Earth?
Mantle moving, convection currents
200
What is the densest ocean water temperature?
4 degrees C (ocean bottom)
200
How can you judge your altitude without maps or tools?
Polaris or the North Star
200
All of these objects appear to move from east to west.
celestial (stars, objects in night time sky)
200
Air masses are characterized by these 3 characteristics:
temperature, density, moisture
200
How does a subduction zone occur?
Ocean plate is forced under continental plate
300
As temperature increases, density _______?
decreases
300
What is the true shape of the Earth?
Oblate Spheroid (oblong)
300
Name the moon phases.. any order is fine:
crescent-quarter-gibbous-full-gibbous-quarter-crscent-new
300
The leading edge of the air mass is called the
front
300
What is permeability?
the ability to flow through ground material
400
What expands as it freezes?
water
400
The closer the _________ the steeper the _________.
isolines (contour lines)...gradient (slope)
400
Evidence for rotation is the _________?
coriolis effect
400
Wind always moves from regions of ____ pressure to regions of ____ pressure.
high to low
400
What scale is used to measure the hardness on minerals
Mohs
500
What is the formula for density
mass divided by volume
500
What bend upstream as they cross a stream or river?
contour lines
500
Sun centered, Copernicus model?
Heliocentric model
500
Clouds and precipitation can only form when the air is ____ and does this ___
warm and rises
500
Minerals have different properties due to their internal __________ of ________.
arrangement of atoms.
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