Climate
Paleoclimatology
Astronomy
Motion
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100
The long-term average weather conditions of a region.
What is climate?
100
The study of past climates
What is Paleoclimatology?
100
These have the shortest wavelength.
What are radio waves?
100
An object at rest remains at rest. An object in motion will remain in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's 1st Law?
100
/\ _|_ F normal (20 N up) | | ---- | F gravity (20 N down) \/
What is a balanced force (0 N)?
200
LAMECOW
Latitude, air pressure, mountains, elevation, continental location, ocean currents, and winds.
200
Their thickness can be used to observe seasonal differences.
What are tree rings?
200
Waves become compressed when a sound is moving towards an observer due to this.
What is the Doppler Effect?
200
An object's tendency to resist change to it's motion.
What is inertia?
200
A bowling ball with a mass of 7 kg and a pin with a mass of 2 kg are 10 meters apart. What is their gravitational force?
9.338 x 10^-12
300
Differences in this are cause by unequal heating of the Earth's surface.
What is air pressure?
300
Through this, global climates will fall. After temperatures fall, they will eventually rise again due to this.
What is volcanism?
300
Every start begins as a Nebula and then becomes this.
What is protostar?
300
The one factor of inertia.
What is mass?
300
A car speeds up from 50 to 60 m/s in an elapsed time of 10 seconds. What is the car's acceleration?
1 m/s^2
400
Wind blows out of high pressure cells, in a clockwise direction.
What is an anticyclone?
400
Shape, tilt, and wobble of the Earth.
What is the Milankovitch Cycle?
400
Temperature, Composition, and Movement.
What do astronomers learn about stars from observing spectral lines?
400
For every force, there is another equal and opposite force.
What is Newton's 3rd Law?
400
Because force and acceleration are ______ quantities, they require a direction.
What is a vector quantity?
500
A wind belt that lies 30-60 degrees north or south of the equator.
What are the Westerlies?
500
In this positive feedback loop, as temperatures rise and sea ice melts, the Earth's ______ rises. This causes the Earth's temperature to rise.
What is albedo?
500
The first element a star fuses.
What is hydrogen?
500
A car is moving really fast. How much force is required to keep it moving?
NONSENSE! FORCE IS NOT REQUIRED TO KEEP AN OBJECT IN MOTION!
500
A baseball is hit by a bat. The baseball exerts __ _____ ___ ________ _____ on the bat.
What is an equal and opposite force?
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