Water Properties
Life Cycle of Star
Bing Bang, Galaxies, and Stars
Geology
Earth Systems and Climate Change
100

Adhesion forces operate between ___________ _____________.

What are different molecules?
100

The composition of a stellar nebula.

What is gas and dust?

100

Distances in space are typically measured in this unit.

What is a light-year?

100

Another name for absolute dating.

What is radiometric dating?

100

These substances are the main cause of climate change.

What are greenhouse gases?
200
Water is considered a _______ molecule.

What is polar?

200

Which force causes a star to expand during its "expansion" stage?

What is nuclear fusion?

200

This substance explains why galaxies are held together.

What is dark matter?

200
The relationship between deposition and water speed.

What is as water slows down, deposition increases? (vice versa)

200

Cows release this into the atmosphere.

What is methane?

300
Define specific heat capacity.

What is the amount of energy it takes to raise a substance's temperature?

300

The period of time where the sun's energy output is at its peak.

What is solar max?

300

This is Hubbles Law.

What is a galaxy's velocity is proportional to its distance from the observer.

300

These are qualities of an index fossil.

What is widespread and short time period?

300

What is the product of respiration?

What is CO2?

400
When dissolving salt the hydrogen heads will bind with this part of salt.

What is negative chlorine ion?

400

Elements heavier than iron are created during this stage.

What is a supernova?

400

This is Kepler's 2nd law.

What is that a line joining a planet and the Sun sweeps out equal amounts of area in equal intervals of time?

400

Slow rivers create these landforms.

What is a floodplain?

400

The process of transforming nitrates into nitrogen gas.

What is denitrification?

500
The reason for why polar molecules exist.

What is an imbalance of electron density?

500

Besides their density, neutron stars are known for this.

What is the ability to "pulse" light?

500

The boundary where light cannot escape a black hole.

What is the event horizon?

500

The first plants and animals arrived during this time .

What is the paleozoic era?

500

These are the 3 major sinks for carbon.

Ocean water, trees, soil/rocks