What is rotation is spinning on axis and revolution is orbiting around something
100
Earths tilt is called? And how many degrees is it tilted?
What is obliquity 23.5 degrees
100
When the Earth travels through the old path of a comet.
What is a meteor shower
100
Stars that are very luminous and far away
What are cepheid variable stars
100
Who developed the theory of continental drift and how many years did it take to become "accepted"?
What is Alfred Wegener ---60 years
200
What is astronomy?
What is study of universe and celestial objects
200
Describe how to find and observe micrometeorites
What is use magnet outside in sidewalk cracks and put magnetic materials under a microscope.
200
This formed the the solar system.
What is an interstellar cloud
200
One parsec is equal to how many light years?
What is 3.26
200
Name the three types of plate boundaries and an example of each:
What is divergent-mid atlantic ridge, convergent-andes mountains, transform-san andreas fault
300
What is albedo
What is % of sunlight something is able to reflect (ex. moon)
300
Describe where each of these is located:meteor, meteorite, meteoroid
What is meteoroid in space, meteor in Earth's atmosphere, meteorite hits Earth
300
Describe the difference between heliocentric and geocentric. Name one past scientist associated with one of these theories.
What is heliocentric is sun centered SS, geocentric Earth centered SS. Copernicus and Galileo
300
Name the four types of galaxies
What is spiral, barred spiral, elliptical, irregular
300
Name at least 4 pieces of evidence for plate tectonics:
What is coal deposits, climatic evidence, fossils, rock formations, glacial deposits
400
Describe the difference between a solar and a lunar eclipse. Use the term "umbra" in your explanation.
What is lunar is when earth casts umbra onto moon. Solar is when moon casts umbra on Earth
400
How can we predict when meteor showers are going to happen?
What is comets have orbits. Meteor showers occur when we travel through a comets tail. We know how long comet's orbits take.
400
What type of star is the sun and how long does it take light to travel 1 Astronomical Unit?
What is main sequence, 8 mins
400
Describe cosmic background radiation and any activity we did in class to show it. What does it provide evidence of?
What is leftover energy from big bang, we popped ballon with bbs in it. Evidence of big bang theory
400
Name the four air masses and their locations in the United States
What is maritime tropical SE, maritime polar NE, NW
continental tropical SW, continental polar N
500
List the moon phases in order starting with new moon.
What is new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, new moon again!
500
List and describe Kepler's three laws
What is First law: all planets travel in an ellipse Second Law: planets move faster in their orbits when closer to the sun
Third Law: p^2=a^3
500
On an HR diagram tell which type of star is cold but bright and which type of star is hot but dim.
What is red giant and white dwarf
500
Name the three types of universe and describe them.
What is open-expansion will never stop
closed-expansion will stop then contract due to gravity
flat-expansion will slow to a stop over an infinite amount of time
500
Name the four types of fronts and describe the difference between an occluded and stationary front
What is cold, warm, stationary, occluded. Stationary warm and cold front don't move. Occluded 2 cold fronts sandwich a warm front.