Seasons
Tides
Earths Layers
Earths Spheres
Extra
100
What season is it at position D in the southern hemisphere?
Fall
100
What causes tides?
The moons and suns gravitational pull on the water on Earth.
100
What layer interacts with the biosphere? (We live here)
Crust
100
What Sphere includes: deer, bacteria, trees, mushrooms, lizards, humans?
Biosphere
100
What separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere?
Equator
200
What is the order of the seasons starting with Winter?
Winter Spring Summer Fall
"Those are the seasons after all!"
200
What are the two fun sayings we have for the two types of tides? (Show the shape with your arms for full credit)
Spring strong straight
Neap 90
200
What are the layers in order from outermost to innermost?
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core
200
A praying mantis that eats a cockroach is an interaction between which of Earth's spheres?
Biosphere & biosphere
200
What is the outer core and inner core made of?
Nickel and Iron
300
What are the two factors that cause seasons?
The Earth's tilt on its axis and the revolution around the Sun.
Tilt causes an unequal amount of direct/indirect light for the N/S hemispheres.
Revolution around the Sun causes the seasons to change throughout the year.
300
What two letters represent the type of tide with the smallest tidal range?
A & C
300
What layer is responsible for the Earth's magnetic field?
Outer core.
300
A canyon forms from a river flowing through a certain area of rock over millions of years. This is an interaction between what TWO Earth spheres?
Geosphere and hydrosphere.
300
What are the two factors that determine the strength of gravity?
Mass and distance.
Mo mass mo gravity.
Less distance mo gravity.
400
What are seasons like on Uranus compared to seasons on Earth? What causes this difference?
Seasons are much more extreme on Uranus compared to Earth. The 90 degree tilt of Uranus' axis causes the extreme difference in direct/indirect light per hemisphere.
400
How many tides do coastal areas experience in a day and why?
2 high tides & 2 low tides
As Earth rotates once a day, each location passes through two tidal bulges.
400
What are the two things that INCREASE as you go deeper into the Earth?
Temperature
Density
400
What sphere(system) represents the land and what are the four subsystems of that sphere?
Geosphere
Earth's Layers: Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core
400
List 3 components of the atmosphere & 3 components of the hydrosphere.
Atmosphere: oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, ozone, clouds, weather, argon
Hydrosphere: rain, river, ocean, tides, pond, tsunami, waves, hurricane, lake
500
Explain why are the seasons "opposite" in the northern and southern hemispheres.
The tilt of the axis in one direction creates an equal and opposite tilt in the other direction for the opposite hemisphere. The axis is a straight line so when it is summer in the northern hemisphere and the axis is tilted towards the sun, the axis is equally tilted away from the sun for the southern hemisphere.
500
What is the definition of tidal range? What is the difference between the tidal ranges of Spring and Neap tides?
Tidal range: the difference between high tide and low tide.
Spring tides has the largest tidal ranges and neap tides have the smallest tidal ranges.
500
Describe what convection currents are and what layer they are found in.
Heat-driven cycles of hotter substances rising and cooler substances sinking, creating a circular flow of material. Semi-solid magma flows in the MANTLE. These currents cause the tectonic plates above to shift and can create volcanoes and mountains.
500
Describe how the Earths Spheres are connected and how they operate as a system.
The Earths spheres are subsystems of the Earth System. Each sphere acts as an individual part that plays a crucial role in the system that it operates in. Without any 'part' or subsystem, the Earth System would not function as intended.
500
Describe what a limitation is and why do models have limitations?
Models are simplified versions of what exists in reality and cannot cover everything in detail. A limitation is a weakness or inaccuracy of a model where the truth cannot be perfectly displayed or represented as it is in real life.
Examples: scale, color, assumptions, oversimplification, accuracy