The curving of the path of a moving object from a straight path due to Earth's rotation?
What is Coriolis effect?
100
The envelope of gasses surrounding the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
100
The crust, mantle, core.
What are the 3 layers of the geosphere?
100
one of the best conductors of heat
What is metal
100
These are stream-like movements of water.
What are ocean currents?
200
Calm areas and wind systems are called?
What is Global winds?
200
These two gasses make up the majority of the earth's atmosphere.
What are nitrogen and oxygen?
200
All of the matter, energy, and processes within Earth's boundary.
What is the Earth System?
200
do particles that heaten up move faster or slower
Faster
200
These are the two types of ocean currents.
What are surface currents and deep currents?
300
A calm area around the equator?
What is Doldrums?
300
the ________ ___________ is the process by which gasses in the atmosphere such as water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb and give off infrared radiation
What is the greenhouse effect
300
6,300 km
How deep are the mantle and the core?
300
The transfer of energy of energy in electromagnetic waves
Radiation
300
These two thing effects ocean currents.
What are density and salinity?
400
Movement of air over short distances?
What is Local winds?
400
this layer can change between seasons and at different locations
What is the ozone layer
400
rocks, soil, oceans, lakes, rivers, and lower atmosphere.
What are all the places that support life in the biosphere?
400
How many km do we live from the sun
150 million km
400
The South Equatorial turns to the South when it comes near South America. What is happening?
What is Continental Deflection?
500
Narrow belts of high speed winds that blow from west to east?
What is Jet streams?
500
this area of the ozone layer is very thin
What is the ozone hole
500
argon,carbon dioxide, and water vapor
What is the remaining 1% percent of gases in the atmosphere?
500
what part of your body controls the temperature of your body
Your feet
500
When winds blow along the West coast of North America, this causes warm surface currents to move away from shore and bring up nutrient-rich deep currents. What is the scientific term for this?