CLIMATE
ROCK CYCLE
PLATE TECTONICS
SPACE SCIENCE
GENERAL SCIENCE
100
Climate and weather: which is long termure
Climate
100
What kind of rock is formed from cooling lava or magma?
Igneous
100
A boundary that occurs when two plates collide with each other is called a ____________.
Convergent Boundary
100
Which moon phase is the moon in if the sunlit side of the moon is facing towards the earth.
Full Moon
100
What is this?
Beaker
200
A fluffy white cloud which is usually seen on clear sunny days is called a
Cumulus Cloud
200
Describe the process which forms metamorphic rocks? What is above and below the metamorphic zone?
Metamorphism is the process in which sedimentary rock layers lay on top of the metamorphic zone, while molten lava lays below. This combination of heat and pressure changes the molecular structure of the rocks.
200
What process pushes our continents farther apart from each other at the mid-atlantic ridge?
Sea floor spreading
200
The theory that all matter and energy was compressed into a small volume and then exploded and began expanding is
The Big Bang Theory
200
What type of measurement is used to measure the height of a bookcase?
Length
300
What kind of front does this symbol represent?
Occluded
300
Describe the four processes which lead to the formation of sedimentary rocks.
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction/Cementation
300
The process in which molten material beneath the crust in the mantle warms up at the core and rises, then cools down at the surface and sinks is called _________. This drives sea floor spreading and the movement of plate tectonics.
Convection Currents
300
The phenomenon that causes the pitch of a passing train’s whistle to sound higher than usual as it approaches, and lower than usual as it travels away, is called the _________. This phenomenon also tells us the universe is expanding because most galaxies are red shifted.
Doppler Effect
300
A series of steps used to solve problems and answer questions
Scientific Method
400
How does being close to a body of water affect a climate?
The climate will have a low range in temperature and a high average precipitation.
400
What principle tells us which layer between A, B, and C is youngest. Why is it at an angle? What are these layers called?
Principle of Superposition. Angular Unconformity.
400
How did fossils help Alfred Wegner form his theory of continental drift? What type of fossils specifically helped him? (NOT body part or trace)
Specific INDEX FOSSILS were found in both South America and Africa, which showed Wegner that the continents used to be connected.
400
According to Kepler, planets move in ___________ orbits around a ______________ located at one of the foci of the orbits.
Elliptical, Barycenter
400
Define Accuracy.
"How Close values are to __________"
How close values are to TRUE VALUE.
500
Describe the climate of an area at 30 degrees north latitude which is close to the center of a continent and on the leeward side of a mountain range.
Describe how latitude, mountain position, and proximity to water affects this place.
30 degrees is in the dry band of latitude.
Bein in the center of a large land mass makes a climate dryer with a larger range in temperatures
Being on the leeward side of a mountain range lowers precipitation and increases temperature range
500
List layers A, B, C, and D in order of newest to oldest. What is the principle which tells us that the newest layer is the newest.
D, A, B, C. Principle of cross-cutting relationships.
500
The part of the sea floor spreading system where oceanic crust is driven beneath continental crust and sinks into the mantle where it is melted. Why does the oceanic crust sink and not the continental crust?
Subduction Zone, the oceanic crust is denser.
500
The element _____________ makes up 60% of a main sequence star. If this star is a large mass star, it will continue to transform this element into larger elements through Nuclear Fusion until its core is made of Iron in the ______________ stage.
Hydrogen, Supergiant
500
Phillip decides he wants to travel back in time and ride a Triceratops. To do so he fires up his time machine to go back in time 67,000,000 years. The only problem is the time machine developer made the time machine work in fortnights. In scientific notation, what number should be displayed on the time machine screen before Phillip hits GO? (1 FORTNIGHT = 2 WEEKS) (1 WEEK = 7 DAYS) 365.25 DAYS = 1 YEAR)
1.748 X 109 Fortnights