Sun/Earth/Moon
What is Earth's only natural satellite?
The moon
The force that keeps objects in orbit:
Gravity
Type of dating that gives an actual number of years:
Absolute dating
The breaking down of Earth's materials:
Weathering
The conditions for an area over a long period of time:
Climate
What vocab word has the same meaning as revolution?
Orbit
Which is bigger: galaxy or universe?
Universe
Relative dating tells us:
Name a type of Physical Weathering:
Frost Wedging, Root Wedging, Abrasion
The line of latitude that receives the most direct sunlight:
0, The Equator
The moon phases where we gain the visible, lit up part:
Waxing
Name the 4 Rocky planets:
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
The law that tells us a magma intrusion is younger than the rock it cuts through:
Cross Cutting Relationships
Name any Glacial feature:
Erratics, U-shaped valleys, Striations, finger Lakes, Drumlins etc...
Describe the movement in convection:
Warm rises, Cool sinks
Longest day or longest night:
Solstice
The amount of gravitational pull depends on these 2 factors:
Size/Mass and Distance
An inorganic substance that is the building block of rocks:
Minerals
Type of plate boundary located on the Mid-Ocean Ridge:
Divergent
The curving of winds and ocean currents caused by the Earth's rotation:
Coriolis Effect
The order of objects for a lunar eclipse:
Sun, Earth, Moon
What does 'au' stand for as a unit in distance?
astronomical unit
Which is a bigger unit of time: An Eon or a Period?
Eon
Type of Igneous rock formed from Magma:
Instrusive
Name 2 of the 4 factors that affect climate:
Latitude, Altitude, Land/Water ratio, Wind/Ocean currents