Geology
What is a renewable resource?
A material that is able to be replenished faster than it is used up.
What has a stronger magnetic field the sun or the earth
The sun
Meaning to Become different (verb)
What is Change?
A renewable resource can be replenished much faster than a nonrenewable resource. 5-10 years vs millions of years.
Two part question: What is the name of the tubular structures that are in the stalk and stem?
What is the layer of earth below the crust?
The upper/mantle
What causes the high and low tides?
the moon orbiting the earth
Define the word "speed". For example Miles per hour or Kilometers per hour
a measurement of the distance an object travels over an amount of time
What rock glows and gives up a special heat
Uranium
The biggest dam in the world is in China. What is it called? It cost almost 31 billion U.S. dollars to build.
Three Gorges Dam
What is used to power nuclear reactor power plants(specifically)?
What causes lunar eclipses? What does the moon do?
the moon passing directly in front of the sun and "eclipsing" it
the process of an object changing position
What is Motion?
There are 4 types of this natural resource including brown/lignite, bituminous, sub-bitumous and _________?
What is anthracite?
Solar panels are extremely expensive to make. The reason for this is because there is an element on the periodic table that needs to be heated to very hot temperatures in order to made into ingots and then cut into very thin wafters.
Silicon
Ocean organisms =Petroleum formed under heat and pressure from the earth's core and pressure from the weight above it.
What protects the earth from the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays/radiation
the earth's atmosphere or ozone layer
Name all 5 types of energy (in their different forms)
heat, light, sound, mechanical/motion, and electrical
When fossil fuels are burned, what do they heat up most of the time to produce energy(not including gasoline)?
water to make high pressured steam
What is the shortest and longest wavelength on the visible light spectrum(a.k.a colors)?
Violet with the shortest at 300 nanometers and Red at the longest with 700 nanometers.
Name one (or two for an extra 250) of the 4 types of coal.
Lignite, Subbituminous, Bituminous, Anthracite
What causes the Aurora Borealis? aka the Northern Lights
The sun's rays hit the earth's magnetic field and some of these charged particles make it to the portions of the sky light up at night
Name 3 things that store energy.
What is a battery, a balloon, a rubber band, an object with the potential to move, inside fuels, water behind a dam
What natural energy resource produces the most power of all the natural resources considering the very little amount of PHYSICAL waste produced. It is nonrenewable.
Nuclear Power. It has a tiny radioactive pellets that produce power(radiation) for up to 5 years before needing to be replaced.
What is name of the artery that comes directly out of the heart