Back to the Basics
The metric prefix that means 0.01
What is Centi- (c)?
The gas that makes up the majority of the air we inhale.
What is nitrogen?
A molecule that has slight positive and negative charges due to an imbalance in the way electrons are shared.
What is a polar molecule?
The four layers of the earth in order (outermost to innermost)
____________ is the condition of the earth's atmosphere at any particular time, while ___________ is a steady condition that prevails day in and day out in a particular region.
What are "weather" and "climate"?
What is 160 cm?
The ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air at a given temperature to the maximum mass of water vapor the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as percentage.
What is relative humidity?
A weak bond between the hydrogen of one water molecule and the oxygen of another molecule.
What is a hydrogen bond?
_______________ crust is made up mostly of granite, while ________________ crust is made up mostly of basalt.
Three main types of cloud shape.
What are cumulus, cirrus, and stratus?
The metric measurement for mass.
What is grams?
The levels of the atmosphere in ascending order
What is Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere?
This is the largest source of liquid freshwater.
What is precipitation?
The lithosphere is divided into _____________ plates.
What is tectonic?
A ______________ is the point in earth's orbit when the amount of daylight is maximized or minimized. An ______________ is the point in earth's orbit when the length of the day is 12 hours in both hemispheres.
What are "solstice" and "equinox"?
The scientific definition of concentration
What is the quantity of a substance within a certain volume?
What is a barometer?
The two hydrologic processes that happen in order to move water from the ocean to a cloud.
What are evaporation and condensation?
When plates collide, one can slide under the other, generally forming a trench with mountains on one side.
What is plate subduction?
The _____________ _______________ describes the way in which the rotation of the earth bends the path of winds, currents, and objects that fly through different latitudes.
What is Coriolis Effect?
_____________ measures the amount of matter in an object, and _______________ measures a planet's gravitational pull on an object.
What is "mass" and "weight"?
The only layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases with increasing altitude.
What is the stratosphere?
When we boiled saltwater, water vapor rose, leaving salt behind. The water vapor collected on the cooled lid and condensed as it cooled. This water tasted mostly like freshwater. This process is called "______________"
What is distillation?
The boundary that separates the crust from the mantle.
What is the Moho Discontinuity?
The four types of weather fronts and their symbols.
Cold Front - blue triangles
Warm Front - red semicircles
Stationary Front - combination of warm and cold front symbols
Occluded Front - Purple triangles alternating with purple semicircles.