Solar System
About how many Earths can fit into the sun?
A. 500,000
B. 1.2 Million
C. 2.3 Million
D. 3.7 Million
B. 1.2 Million
What is weathering?
A. Rocks and materials being transported to another place.
B. Rocks and materials being broken down by wind, water, and heat.
C. Rocks and materials being broken down by molten rock from volcanoes.
B. Rocks and materials being broken down by wind, water, and heat.
______ happens when heat from the sun causes liquid water to become water vapor that rises.
Evaporation
______ happens when excess water flows to a water source.
A. Transmission
B. Percolation
C. Runoff
D. Accumulation
C. Runoff
Layers become heavy as hundreds of thousands of years of sediment continues to accumulate is the definition of what?
A. Accumulation
B. Cementation
C. Compaction
D. Pressure Rocks
C. Compaction
Why is Venus the hottest planet in the solar system and not the closest planet to the sun, Mercury?
(Daily Double)
The atmosphere of Venus is dense and traps the sun's heat.
Deposition is the laying down or settling of broken down rocks and sediments. What is an example of this?
A. A River
B. A Canyon
C. A Delta
D. An Island
C. A Delta
_______ happens when water vapor gets cooler and changes back to liquid water. This typically happens in the upper atmosphere.
Condensation
Who is the "boss" of the water cycle?
(Daily Double)
The sun
Fossil fuels are created as plants are buried under sediment, plant and animal remains decompose undisturbed, and then are ______ and _______ to create fossil fuels.
Heated and Compressed
What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Erosion is the movement of rocks and sediment by the forces of what? (Daily Double)
A. Wind, water, gravity
B. Wind, water, heat
C. Heat, wind, rivers
D. Water, ice, wind
D. Water, ice, wind
_______ happens when water falls from clouds.
Precipitation
______ happens when water is absorbed into the plants and soil in the ground. (Daily Double)
A. Infiltration
B. Absorption
C. Accumulation
D. Percolation
A. Infiltration
Compaction pushes out trapped _____ and ______ out of the rock when compressed and heated.
Air and Water
How many planets are there in the solar system?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
B. 8 (Pluto is no longer considered a planet)
Deposition is the laying down of sediment by wind, water, ice, gravity, lava, and glaciers.
Which one of these 6 is not a driver of deposition?
Lava
Name one of the four types of precipitation
Rain, Sleet, Hail, Snow
When water that is absorbed into the sol moves it is called _______.
A. Infiltration
B. Absorption
C. Accumulation
D. Percolation
D. Percolation
Why are fossil fuels a non renewable resource?
Answers Vary
They cannot be renewed and when they run out they are gone.
How hot is the sun?
A. 5,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
B. 10,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
C. 15,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
D. 20,000 Degrees Fahrenheit
A. 27 Days
Mr. Evan said when you think of erosion you should think of this word........ What is that word?
Movement
______ happens when water vapor is released from the leaves of plants.
A. Evaporation
B. Percolation
C. Transpiration
D. Accumulation
C. Transpiration
How does the warming of our planet through climate change impact the water cycle?
Answers vary
Name 3 examples of fossil fuels.
(Daily Double)
Oil, natural gas, coal, shale