Climate
Climate Change
Astronomy
Newton's Laws
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100
Temperature ____________ as you get closer to the equator.
increases
100
Scientists are concerned about CO2 levels because they have been __________ since the industrial revolution.
increasing
100
Demonstrate the Doppler Effect.
Vroom!
100
What are the units for force, acceleration and mass?
Newtons, m/s2 and kg
100
What type of breeze would Batman experience as he is patrolling Gotham Harbor at night?
Land breeze
200
This describes the short term conditions of the atmosphere.
Weather
200
Scientists use ancient air from ____________ to reconstruct climates from as far back as 800,000 years ago
air bubbles trapped in glaciers
200
What type of energy has the shortest wavelength and therefore the highest amount of energy?
Gamma
200
State newton's third law of motion.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
200
What type of energy does Batman's night vision goggles use?
Infrared
300
The atmospheric pressure at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is _____________ than at the top of Mount Everest.
greater than
300
What could cause thinner than normal tree rings?
shorter growing season, less water, not as much nutrients, cooler than normal
300
The larger the mass of the star the _______ time that star spends on the main sequence.
shorter/less
300
Define inertia.
Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
300
The Batmobile is more difficult to accelerate than the Batpod (motorcycle) because the Batmobile has more _________.
Inertia
400
In a HIGH pressure system air tends to _________ and ________
converge and sink
400
What happens to upwelling during El Nino events?
Weakens and stops which decreases the amount of nutrients available.
400
List all of the steps a 10 solar mass star goes through during its entire life cycle.
Nebula, protostar, main sequence, red giant, supergiant, supernova, neutron star
400
Acceleration is always in the direction of?
The net force
400
If Batman was trapped in a room with Mr. Freeze what type of air pressure would Batman experience (high/low)?
High
500
The prevailing westerlies are found between what latitudes?
30 and 60 degrees N/S
500
This climate change variable has a cycle that peaks every 11 years.
Solar output
500
What does luminosity measure?
star brightness
500
No matter how far objects are away from each other, as long as each object has mass they will feel the force of ________ between them.
gravity
500
Batman (100 kg) is accelerating at 5 m/s2 on his zip line toward an unsuspecting Bane. How much force will Batman hit Bane with?
500 N of force
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