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Energy
Weather/Climate
Severe Weather
Galaxies
Space Technology
100
This is weak radiation that is leftover from hot stages of the Big Bang Theory
What is cosmic background radiation?
100
the study of weather/climate
What is meteorology?
100
the most intense part of a hurricane
What is the eye wall?
100
A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
What is a constellation?
100
an object that revolves around a larger object
What is a satellite?
200
This is enegy produced from Earth's own internal steam and hot water
What is geothermal energy?
200
often used for "business" ships; blow from 30 degrees north/south toward the equator
What are the tradewinds?
200
A scale used to classify tornadoes?
What is the Fujita Scale?
200
Two stars that are bonded together via gravity
What is a binary star?
200
lander
What is a type of space probe designed for landing on the surface of a moon/planet?
300
transfer of energy via electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?
300
thunderstorm caused by an advancing cold front
What is a frontal thunderstorm?
300
This is a thunderstorm caused by warm air blowing in from the sea
What is a sea-breeze thunderstorm?
300
theory that the universe has been steadily expanding since its beginning
What is the Big Bang Theory?
300
process in which heavy atomic nuclei split into smaller, lighter nuclei
What is nuclear fission?
400
transfer of energy via colliding molecules
conduction
400
a whirling column of air caused by a change in wind direction
What is a tornado?
400
the scale used to determine the strength of a hurricane
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
400
a gigantic grouping of galaxies
What is a super-cluster?
400
a type of energy formed from water rushing over a turbine
What is hydroelectric energy?
500
transfer of energy via moving currents of air or fluid
What is convection?
500
This is what the temperature feels like due to humidity
What is the heat index?
500
anemometer
What is a machine used to measure wind speed?
500
a rocky piece of debris leftover from the formation of the solar system
What is an asteroid?
500
the transfer of energy via electromagnetic waves
What is radiation?