Unit 1
Numbers
Revolution or Rotation
Sun & the Moon
The Sun's Energy
100
In an experiment with three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water; the type of variable the fertilizer is
What is Independent?
100
A lead ball with a mass of 420g and a density of 10.5 cm/g3 has a volume of...
What is 40cm^3?
100
This statement explains the shape of Earth
What is: because of its rotation about its axis, Earth has a greater circumference around the equator than around the Prime Meridian?
100
The latitude of a region affects its climate by
What is by determining the angle of sunlight throughout the year?
100
The energy from the Sun comes to Earth by
What is the radiation of electromagnetic waves through space?
200
Hypothesis that fail rigorous testing are...
What is false?
200
The density on an object with the dimensions '2cm x 3cm x 2cm' and with a mass of 94g is...
What is 7.83 g/cm^3?
200
Every day, the Moon rises a little more than a half an hour later than it rose the day before. This phenomenon is explained by
What is one Earth rotation is faster than one Moon revolution around Earth?
200
The point where the moon is closest
What is Apogee?
200
This occurs when the Earth, the moon, and the Sun are in a straight line
What is a larger-than-normal height difference between low tide and high tide?
300
The number with the steepest slope is...
What is 3?
300
A substance with a density of 4.0 g/cm^3 and a volume of 25 cm^3 has a mass of...
What is 100g?
300
Some constellations are seen better in North Carolina in winter, while others are more prominent in the summer. This is because of...
What is Earth revolving around the Sun?
300
The difference between these two points is
What is: the region at Point 1 is experiencing summer while the region at Point 2 is experiencing winter?
300
In this layer of the Sun nuclear fusion occurs
What is the convection zone?
400
These two mountains are 50 kilometers apart.
What is Kilauea and Mauna Kea?
400
A box has the dimensions '2cm x 3cm x 25cm' and a mass of 600g. The volume and density is...
What is 150cm^2 and 4.0 g/cm^3?
400
Earth’s rotation spins Earth’s liquid metal outer core around its solid metal inner core, this phenomenon makes life possible because
What is: it generates enough thermal energy to keep water on Earth liquid, but not so much that the water boils away?
400
This uneven distribution is MOST directly responsible for differences in this climatic variable
What is temperature?
400
This keeps stars, like the Sun, from collapsing in on itself
What is the outward pressure created by nuclear fusion?
500
The contour interval is...
What is 20m?
500
Mars' axis- 25.19°
Earth's axis- 23.5°
This indicates that Mars...
What is: has more extreme seasonal changes?
500
If the fission theory of moon formation is true, then so is this
What is early Earth rotated on its axis much more quickly than it does today?
500
This is the reason for the annual change of season
What is the tilt of Earth’s axis of rotation?
500
The process the occurs during nuclear fusion in stars
What is four hydrogen nuclei combine to become a helium nucleus, releasing energy?