Earth and Space Science I
Earth and Space Science II
Earth and Space Science III
Earth and Space Science IV
Pot Luck
100
These two factors are what cause the seasons on Earth.
What is the Earth's tilt at 23.5 degrees and the Earth's revolution around the sun?
100
This is where the sun hits the Earth most directly.
What is the equator?
100
What lunar phase is it when the right side of the moon is exactly half full? 
What is a first quarter moon?
100
The greenhouse gas that humans have emitted that is causing climate change
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)
100
Why aren't earths mineral and fossil fuel resources spread evenly around the planet?
What is billions of years of geology and plate tectonics
200
The season that people in New England experience when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
What is winter?
200
This occurs during a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
What is a lunar eclipse?
200
How do relative and absolute dating differ?
Relative is an approximate age of a rock or fossil based on its location in the crust, while absolute dating is finding the exact age using technology (also called radioactive dating and carbon dating).
200
The moon phase during a Solar Eclipse?
What is a new moon?
200
What happens when a cold front meets a warm front?
What is warm air that is less dense rises up and possibly causes precipitation?
300
This occurs when the moon passes directly between Earth and the sun, blocking sunlight from Earth in what we see as a New Moon.
What is a solar eclipse?
300
The correct order of the following words (from smallest to largest) is:
star, universe, solar system, galaxy
What is star, solar system, galaxy, and universe?
300
About how many galaxies are in the observable universe?
200,000,000,000 - two hundred billion!
300
Explain the difference between a comet, asteroid, meteoroid, meteor and meteorite.
What is:
1. Comet - ball of dust and ice with a tail melting behind it
2. Asteroid - big space rock
3. Meteoroid - small space rock
4. meteor - entering Earth's atmosphere and burning up (think shooting star)
5. meteorite - a meteor that is big enough to land on Earth's surface.
300
Explain the difference between weathering and erosion
What is weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, while erosion carries them away?
400
This is the main cause of tides, or the rise and fall of the oceans.
What is the gravitational pull of the Moon?
400
Together, the crust and upper mantle of Earth are called this.
What is the lithosphere?
400
Explain two pieces of evidence that scientists use to show that tectonic plates have moved long distances over time.
What could be:
1. Continents fit together like puzzle pieces...
2. Fossils line up...
3. Rock types match up...
4. Glacial striations line up...
5. Mountain ranges line up...
6. Coal (made in tropical locations) found in Antarctica...
7. Age of sea-floor at mid ocean ridge
400
Which weather front causes large thunderstorms?
What is a cold front?
400
Explain the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering?
What is:
mechanical weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces, but they remain the same kind of rock
chemical weathering rearranges the atoms and creates a new type of rock or substance
500
This causes day and night on Earth.
What is the rotation of Earth about its axis?
500
This layer of Earth is composed primarily of solid iron.
What is the inner core?
500
How do scientists "predict" geologic events like Earthquakes and Volcanoes?
What is using patterns from the past to predict the events in the future?
***IMPORTANT NOTE - Scientists can NEVER predict exactly when these events will occur - just use past data to predict future ones.
500
What type of weather could you expect when atmospheric pressure is high?
What is sunny and blue skies?
500
What will happen when oceanic crust converges with land crust?
What is a subduction zone?