Space Exploration
Gravity & Our Solar System/ STARS
Sun, Moon, Earth System
Earth's Structure and Geologic Time
Development of a Theory & Plate Tectonics
100
the missions that put a man on the Moon
What are the Apollo missions?
100
model of the universe that puts Earth in the center
What is the geocentric model?
100
What is a lunar eclipse?
100
the physical property that determines if objects sink or float
What is density?
100
this fossil was found all over; Wegener used it to justify his idea of Continental drift
What is the Glossopteris?
200
Sputnik
What is the first satellite launched into Earth's orbit?
200
the brightness of an object as viewed from Earth
What is apparent magnitude?
200
True or false. The Earth's Axis changes tilt causing seasons
what is false?
200
the two things cycled through Earth's systems
What are the matter and energy?
200
this provided the force Wegener was missing
What is seafloor spreading?
300
this is a form of heat transfer that is used to explore space
What is radiation?
300
the force that pulled gas and dust together to create the solar nebula
What is gravity?
300
The daily rise and fall of the water levels around the world
What are tides?
300
Earth's timeline
What is the Geologic Time Scale?
300
Subduction occurs at these boundaries
What is oceanic convergent boundaries?
400
the entire range of electromagnetic waves
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
400
the apparent surface of a star
What is the photosphere?
400
This object controls the tides experienced around the world.
What is the Moon?
400
an estimation of age as related to objects around it
What is relative age?
400
island arcs are made at these boundaries
What are convergent oceanic- oceanic boundaries?
500
the relationship between an EM's wavelength and energy
What is as one increases, the other decreases
500
the relationship between mass and gravity
What is as mass increases, gravity increases?
500
These three events can occur when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are all aligned.
What is a Solar eclipse, New moon, and Spring Tide.
500
states that the youngest layer of rock is at the top
What is the law of superposition?