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Earth in Space
Air Pressure
Wind
Moon Phases
Terms
100
Length of Earth's rotation
What is 365 days
100
Density increases as mass increases.
What is the relationship of density and mass?
100
Air pressure differences
What is the cause for wind, besides temperature differences?
100
Full moon
What is phase when we see the sun's light reflected off of the moon?
100
Equinox
What is equal day and night called?
200
Earth's rotation on its axis
What is the cause of day and night?
200
D=M/V
What is the formula for density?
200
Cool air sinks
What is it is more dense than warm air?
200
First and/or third quarter moons
What is the phase the moon is in during a neap tide?
200
Solstice
What is longest day or shortest day called?
300
the reason for seasons
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun?
300
general term for the instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
300
Global winds
What is it that blows from specific directions over long distances?
300
New moon
What is the phase of the moon in which we see no reflected light of the moon?
300
Fall and Spring
What is the season(s) experienced during an equinox?
400
the time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun
What is t365 days or one year
400
Does not contain liquid mercury.
What is an aneriod barometer?
400
Coriolis effect
What is the name for the effect Earth's rotation has on winds?
400
the phase of the moon following a new moon
What is waxing cresent
400
Air pressure
What is the result of the weight of a column of air pressing down on an area?
500
When a hemisphere is tilted toward the sun - describe the day and night
What is longest day and shortest night?
500
distance above sea level
What is altitude?
500
Doldrums
What is the almost windless area around the equator called?
500
the phase of the moon after a full moon
What is a waning gibbous?
500
Anemometer
What is the instrument that measures wind speed called?