Weather
What is the study of weather?
Meteorology
What type of rock is coal classified as?
sedimentary
What were the two stages of Noah's Flood?
Flooding Stage and the Recessive Stage
Variables are parts of an experiment that are ____.
controlled
Earth is part of the ____ planets.
inner
Wind is air moving into ____-pressure areas.
low
What are remains or impressions of living things called?
fossils
What is a body of water where the river meets the ocean?
estuary
The big bang is an evolutionary hypothesis about the
____ of the world.
origin
What is the second step of the scientific method?
form a hypothesis
Precipitation is water falling to the earth's surface in the forms of ____, ____, ____, or ____.
rain, sleet, snow, hail
What instrument is used to separate parts of a mixture?
strainer
What is a high ridge that separates two river systems?
drainage divide
The hydrosphere includes all of the ____ on earth.
water
What is a set of beliefs that shape what someone believes to be true?
worldview
What natural process maintains a proper temperature balance in Earth's atmosphere by trapping heat?
greenhouse effect
What is the idea that present observations can explain all geological features of the earth called?
uniformitarianism
What is the movement of water from the earth's surface into the air and back called?
hydrologic (water) cycle
core
What is a table, diagram, or chart that shows data in a visually organized manner called?
concept map
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with winds at greater than ____ miles per hour.
74
The theory that crustal plate activity can cause geological events and processes is called ____.
plate tectonics
What causes tides?
the moon's gravitational pull
What are the five climate zones under the Köppen Climate Classification System?
Tropical, dry, mild, continental, and polar
What is the difference between a weathervane and an anemometer?
A weathervane monitors wind direction;
an anemometer measures wind speed.