Astronomy
Weather
Geologic History
Plate Tectonics
Human Impact
100

When did earth form? Exact answer

4.5 billion years ago

100

What are the 4 types of fronts called? Name all 4 for points

Warm front, cold front, stationary front, occluded front

100

What are the 3 major rock types?

Sedimentary, Metamorphic and Igneous

100

What is the difference between a convergent and divergent boundary?

Convergent: two plates coming together and colliding

Divergent: two plates moving apart from each other

100

What is the main factor by humans that puts CO2 in the atmosphere?

Deforestation OR Burning of Fossil Fuels

200

23.5 degrees south of the equator.

Tropic of Capricorn

200

What is a dew point?

Temperature when water vapor condenses into rain

200

What is the name of the process that determines the age of rocks using radioactive isotopes?

Radioactive Dating

200

What is the name of the geological process that broke apart Pangea?

Continental Drift

200

What is the Greenhouse Effect?

A natural process where certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat, keeping the Earth's surface warmer than it would be without them

300

When the moon completely obstructs the sun from the earth.

Solar Eclipse

300

High Pressure systems rotate ______ and move ______

Clockwise and Outwards

300

Which set of surface soil conditions on a hillside would result in the most infiltration of rainfall? 

1. Gentle slope, saturated soil, no vegetation

2. Gentle slope, unsaturated soil, vegetation

3. Steep slope, saturated soil, vegetation

4. Steep slope, unsaturated soil, no vegetation

2. Gentle slope, unsaturated soil, vegetation

300

What is a result of a transform boundary?

Earthquakes, cracks in the ground

300

How does Deforestation impact/affect the carbon cycle?

Burning or chopping down trees reduces the amount that is stored in trees in the Biosphere. The Carbon that was originally stored in the trees floats up into the atmosphere, adding more CO2 into the atmosphere.

400

Air masses are classified based on their ________ and _______

Temperature and Humidity

400

What atmospheric change cause an abundance of plants to grow during the Devonian Period?

Increase in CO2 in the atmosphere caused by outgases

400
This is the mechanism that causes plates to move.

Convection Currents

400

How can Carbon cycle from the Atmosphere to the Cryosphere?

Carbon dissolves directly into water or through rainfall, getting it from the Atmosphere to the Hydrosphere. Any water from the Hydrosphere can then get frozen to the formation of ice, ultimately getting it from the Atmosphere to the Cryosphere.

500

What is the Orographic Effect?

Wet air from the windward (wet) side of a mountain rises from prevailing winds, cools at the top of the mountain, and the leeward (dry) side of the mountain experiences heavy rains

500

What are the names of the processes that change the earth's surface? List three Constructive or Destructive forces (or both)

Erosion, Deposition and Weathering

500

List 4 Greenhouse Gases.

CO2, Methane, Nitrogen Oxide, Water Vapor