Day and Night
How long does it take for the earth to make one rotation or spin?
24 hours
What are the four seasons?
spring, summer, fall, winter
what is elevation?
About how much of the earth is ocean and how much is land?
2/3 or 70% or 75% is ocean. About 1/3 or 25% is land.
We find zero latitude________________
at the equator
We say the sun "rises". Does it really "rise"?
No, as the earth spins, the side that is not facing the sun changes places with the side that is.
What is the cause of seasons?
Tilt
Where can I find zero feet of elevation?
A beach that slopes into the sea
Why do deserts heat up and cool off more quickly than forests or oceans?
The type of matter land is made of heats up and cools off more quickly than water.
What latitude does the earth get the most direct sunlight at?
0 latitude at the equator
What is the cause of Day and Night? Can it be measured at longitude lines or latitude lines?
The earth's spinning and longitude lines.
What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere if the earth is tilting toward the sun?
Summer
Why do rain shadows happen on the ocean side of a mountain?
forces the air up where it is cold and the moisture in the air causes the evaporated water to condensate. This makes clouds and when enough condensation has happened gravity pulls the water droplets to earth as rain and there is no water let to go over the top of the mountain.
What does the Gulf Stream do for Florida, the East Coast of the United States, and Europe?
Warms it up by bringing warm water from the equator?
What latitudes does the earth get the least direct sunlight?
North and South Pole
How many times in a year does the earth have a complete rotation of day and night?
365 1/4 that is why we have leap year
What is it called in the spring and fall when there are equal amounts of light and darkness or day and night.
Equinox
Will I be able to find shade under a large tree at high elevation? What happens to vegetation as you increase in elevation going up a mountain?
No, I won't be able to find shade under a tree. Vegetation decreases.
Warm water/air rises and cool air sinks over and over again as a way of spreading heat around the ocean or atmosphere? What type of heat transfer do we call this?
Convection Currents
The air gets "thinner" at high elevation. Why does this happen? Why is there less oxygen to breathe?
There is less pull from gravity
Why were times zones invented?
So human time would align with light and darkness in their area.
What is the first day of winter and the first day of summer called when it is either the longest or shortest day of the year?
Solstice
What causes the none-ocean side of a mountain to not get any rain?
Wind brings ocean breezes with moisture to the land and the mountain blocks it, and forces it to go up in the atmosphere where it gets cold and condensation begins which causes clouds. Then, when enough condensation has happened gravity will pull down the water droplets as rain or snow depending on temperature.
California stays mild ( not hot) in temperatures because of an ocean current from _________
Alaska and the north pole
How would I want to dress if climbing Pike's Peak at 14, 0000? what happens to temperature as elevation increases?
warm, it decreases