Weather or climate
It is cloudy today. Weather or climate?
Weather
What does potassium dating measure? How old a living thing was or rock is.
Rock dating (Don't forget a potassium reminds you of a potato, which looks like a rock.
What is the geosphere?
Earth, dirt, rocks
Hot air moves upward or downward?
Upward
A sudden burst of energy that extends from the sun and comes back is called a?
Prominence
A long term atmospheric condition is called weather or climate?
Remains of someone from Mesopotamia would be? Potassium argon or carbon dating?
Carbon dating
What is the atmosphere?
Air
Cold air moves? Upward or downward.
Downward
A sudden burst of energy that leaves the sun and can cause interference of satellite communication is called?
Solar fare
The average annual temperature in Naples, in February, is 70 degrees. Weather or climate?
Climate
What law states that older rocks are found beneath newer rock is called...
The law of superposition.
It is raining. What two sphere interactions happen in the air?
Atmosphere and geosphere
Warm air has molecules that move apart. For this reason, the air becomes less dense or more dense?
Less dense
The outermost layer of the sun that can only be seen during a solar eclipse is called?
The corona
It is snowing. Weather or climate?
Weather
The law that states when an igneous intrusion goes through rock layers is younger than the layers that it goes through is called? The law of superposition? The law of cross-cutting? the law of folding rocks?
The law of cross-cutting.
A volcano is erupting into the air? Which two spheres are interacting?
Geosphere and atmosphere
During the day, the air above the land becomes hot and begins to rise, this causes air from the sea to ____ and move in to take its place.
sink
What portion of the sun is the inner hottest layer of the sun and creates the middle convective currents?
The sun's core.
Temperature and precipitation are both associated with weather or climate? Trick question.
Both
What are strata?
Rock layers
A deer is breathing in air. What two spheres are interacting?
Biosphere and atmosphere
Which is warmer at night? Deep water or land? Part 2: This causes the air above the _____to rise.
Water, water
What is our sun classified as? Red giant, red super giant, a yellow dwarf?
R