Stars
As Nuclear Fusion works to expand a Star, what force pulls the star back to the center.
Gravity
The moons gravitational pull results in a cyclic pattern in what sphere of earth? What is the pattern and the duration of the cycle?
Hydrosphere
Tides
6 hours high-low, 12 hours high-high
Using plate tectonics vocab, describe the formation of the Hawaiian Islands and it's chain like features.
(Bullet Points are accepted)
- Volcanic Islands
- Pacific Plate Moves while hot spot stays still
- Over time the plate moves enough to cut one island off and start forming a new one
This relationship is an example of...
A positive Feedback loop in which each variable amplifies the process
What is Mr. VanEck's biggest pet peeve when discussing weather. (Precipitation)
Mixing up sleet versus freezing rain
The H-R Diagram uses what five variables to classify stars.
Mass. Luminosity, Color, Temperature, solar radius
What is the numerical explanation of only seeing one side of the moon?
The moon revolves and rotates at 27.3 days.
Identify the components of a convergent boundary and describe the interactions of the following plates at that boundary.
Oceanic-Continental
Continental-Continental
Two plates coming together.
Dense oceanic will subduct while less dense continental will override forming a trench and volcanic activity.
Two continental plates colliding form mountain ranges.
What is one example of a negative feedback loop we discussed this year?
Any process where the variables work to create balance in the process or relationship.
Ex. cloud cover and temperature
When you discover a way to efficiently turn salt water into fresh water what does Mr. VanEck want you to do?
Hire him as your pool boy
Our Sun is a _____ star and will end it's life span as a _____.
Main Sequence, White Dwarf
What is the approximate time it takes for the moon to cycle from New moon to New Moon?
Approximately 1 Month
Identify the compass direction and rate of spreading of the following divergent boundaries.
1. Mid Atlantic Ridge in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
2. Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge between Africa and Antarctica
1. Spreading East and West at 3.8 cm/year
2. Spreading North and South at 1.6 cm/year
Identify the meaning of the following air mass symbols
mT
mP
cT
cP
Maritime Tropical (Warm/Wet)
Maritime Polar (Cold/Wet)
Continental Tropical (Warm/Dry)
Continental Polar (Cold/Dry)
What is Mr. O's favorite erosional agent?
(Frequent Vacation Spot)
Glaciers
The life cycle of a star is determined by it's ____?
Mass
Draw a diagram to represent the location of the sun, earth, and moon for a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse.
Solar: Moon in the middle
Lunar: Earth in the middle
Compare the age of the rock for an Observer standing at 0 degrees, 30 degrees West to an observer standing at 0 degrees, 60 degrees west.
What causes this relationship?
The observer at 60 degrees west would observe older rock as they are farther away from the Ridge.
Identify three ways carbon moves between the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and hydro sphere.
Answer must include which spheres are affected.
Ex. As fossil fuels are burned, carbon is taken from the geosphere, used in the biosphere, and then released into the atmosphere.
What celestial object is used for navigation in the northern hemisphere but can never be seen from the southern hemisphere.
Polaris (North Star)
What is the heaviest element created through nucleosynthesis.
Iron (FE)
Why do we not observe an eclipse in the same coordinate location every year?
The degree of tilt of the Moon's orbit around the earth causes the path to change.
Draw the process of matter circulation related to plate tectonics and convection cells.
POINTS ONLY AWARDED FOR MOST ACCURATE AND DETAILED MODEL.
Crust is created at a ridge, pushed towards continents, oceanic crust subducts at the convergent boundary, the rock melts in earth's core and then mantel convection brings it back to the ridge where it starts the cycle again.
Provide one example each of the risks or obstacles associated with combating climate change pertaining to social, political, and economic actions.
Social: Concerns surrounding electric cars
Political: Influence of major companies
Economic: Solar Panels too expensive
How many hours of insolation will there be at the equator during the equinox.
12 hours daylight 12 hours darkness