Earth
Tectonic Plates
Space
Earth and Space 1
Earth and Space 2
100
Name the layers of the earth in order from outermost to innermost.
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core
100
Tectonic plates are large pieces of what material
Large pieces of lithosphere (Rock)
100
True or False
The moon rotates and revolves at the same speed so we only see the same side of the moon at all times
100
What causes night and day?
Earth's rotation
100
What subsystem of Earth are rocks a part of?
Geosphere
200
The two types of crust
Continental and Oceanic
200
What type of event will occur if plates shift at a transform boundary?
Earthquake!
200
What is the reason for us having seasons?
tilt of earth and its position during Earth's revolution
200
The Earth takes how long (exactly) to make one full revolution around the sun?
365.25 days
200
Where does Monticello wastewater go once it is treated?
Into the Mississippi River.
300
The driving force, found in the Mantle, that causes tectonic plates to collide, divide, or slide against each other.
Convection Currents
300
What occurs when continental crusts collide with each other at a convergent boundary?
Mountains form
300
What are the names of the five dwarf planets in our solar system?
Ceres, Eris, Pluto, Makemake, Haumea
300
What are the two things that make a rock?
Minerals and organic matter
300
Describe mitigation, and give an example of how to mitigate the effects of a natural hazard.
Mitigation: preventing or reducing property damage or loss of life caused by a natural disaster.
Examples will vary
400
Which of the 4 layers of the earth is the only true liquid layer?
Outer Core
400
What is subduction and why does it occur?
When a more dense plate goes under the less dense plate.
400
What moon phase is this?
Waning Gibbous
400
Order the layers/events from oldest to youngest.
D, B, F, A, C, E, G
400
Where does Monticello get water from?
Underground wells
500
Why is the Inner Core solid instead of being a gas, or a super heated liquid?
All the pressure it is exposed to causes the molecules to be pushed together making it a solid and increasing its density.
500
What formation will result when a oceanic plate subducts underneath a continental plate?
Volcano, or volcanic mountain
500
Name the planets in order from farthest from the sun to the closest to the sun
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
500
Give two descriptions on what the weather is like in this area.
1. Moderately windy where the isobars are close together.
2. Sunny skies where there is high pressure.
3. Cool, fair weather where the cold front just passed through.
500
What is being shown going across the globe, and what effect causes these to form?
Global wind belts, and the Coriolis effect causes them to form.