Astronomy
Geologic Processes
Rocks and Minerals
Geologic Time
Atmosphere and Weather
100
What is the third planet from the sun?
Earth
100
The names of the four layers of the earth.
inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
100
What are the 3 different types of rocks?
Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
100
What is the relative age of an object mean?
age of something compared with the age of another thing
100
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?
Troposphere
200
The moon phase that is necessary to potentially view a lunar eclipse.
full moon
200
What type of heat transfer causes the tectonic plates to move?
Convection currents
200
Why is paper not a mineral?
It is organic.
200
Is an intrusion older or younger than the layer below it?
Younger
200
What is the temperature and moisture in a continental polar air mass?
Cold and Dry
300
What stage do all stars start as?
Nebulas
300
The Appalachian and Himalayan Mountains were formed by which type of boundary?
Convergent Boundary
300
What two processes do pieces go through to become sedimentary?
Compaction and cementation
300
Where is the older layer located?
At the bottom
300
Weather with a low pressure air mass.
Cloudy
400
What moon phase occurs after the waxing gibbous?
Full Moon
400
This is created when a oceanic plate collides with a continental plate.
Subduction zone
400
A measure of a minerals resistance to scratching is called.
Hardness
400
Fossils can be found in primarily what type of rock?
Sedimentary
400
This is used to measure atmospheric pressure.
Barometer
500
What are the two ways a massive star ends its evolution?
Black Hole or Neutron Star
500
Name 2 pieces of evidence that scientists use to justify the plate tectonic theory.
Fossil similarities between continents
Matching rock formations across continents
Climate evidence of past glacier activity
500
List at least 4 properties of minerals.
Color, streak, lustre, magnetism, transparency and hardness.
500
Is Y older or younger than A?
Older
500
What happens in a cold front?
Cold air pushes out warmer air.