Unit 1: Intro
a conclusion or explanation of an observation
What is an inference?
The reference line of 0 degrees that passes through Greenwich England
What is the Prime Meridian?
A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a body of matter
What is temperature?
Put in order from biggest to smallest:
Universe, moon, solar system, star, planet, galaxy
Universe, galaxy, solar system, star, planet, moon
Name all the terrestrial and Jovian planets
Terrestrial - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Jovian - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Amount of mass per unit volume
What is Density?
The Earth rotates _____ degrees every 1 hour.
What is 15?
Gas to liquid
what is condensation?
The galaxy we live in and its shape.
What is a spiral - Milky Way Galaxy?
Give at least 2 pieces of evidence for the Heliocentric Model being correct
Seasons - we revolve around the sun therefore we have seasons
Telescopic evidence - first build by Galileo
Ellipses - Kepler’s Law ( we will learn next week)
Gravity (Newton) - bigger objects don’t orbit smaller objects
Give 3 examples of cyclical patterns in earth science
phases of the moon, eclipses, tides, seasons, sunrise/sunset
This indicate a decrease in elevation on a topographic map.
What are depression contours or hatch marks?
This type of electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency.
What are Gamma Rays?
What two pieces of evidence can explain that the universe is still expanding?
Cosmic background radiation and the doppler shift
The apparent “backwards” motion of a planet caused by planets revolving in different orbits at different speeds
What is retrograde motion?
As time goes on, temperature goes down. This in an example of what kind of relationship?
What is indirect or inverse?
Name the 3 types of isolines
What are Isotherms, Isobars and Contour lines?
heat transfer by movement in gases and liquids (fluids) due to differences in density
What is convection?
The process of making energy by turning hydrogen into helium.
What is nuclear fusion?
What are the 3 criteria for a planet?
Orbits the sun
Sufficient mass
Cleared its orbit:
Calculate the volume of a rock with a density of 4.0 g/cm3 and a mass of 146 g.
36.5 cm3
Local Time: 8:00 AM
GMT: 12:00 PM
What is your longitude? - must include NSEW
What is 60 degrees W?
In which form does water have the highest specific heat?
Liquid
Name the stages of a star's life cycle from begininng to end for a star the size of the sun.
Nebula --> protostar --> Main sequence --> red giant --> White dwarf --> black dwarf
3 pieces of evidence for Earth's Roation
1. Foucault Pendulum
2. Coriolis Effect
3. Circumpolar Stars