ESRT
What planet in our solar system takes longer to complete one rotation on its axis than it does to complete one revolution around the sun?
What is Venus?
In New York State Sun at noon will be the highest on this date...
What is June 21st?
The altitude of Polaris is the same as this ...
What is latutiude?
The tilt of the earth's axis is
23.5
Minerals have the properties they do due to this
internal arrangement of atoms
Which surface current transports cool water to lower latitudes?
What is the Peru current ?
On June 21st what latitude(s) will have 24 hours of day light ?
What is the north pole, 90 N or 66.5 degrees N to 90 degrees North
Stars appear to move this many degrees every hour...
What is 15?
Polaris is directly above this ..
north pole
Extrusive igneous rock have this happen to their crystals
small or nonexistent because they don't have time to form
Planetary winds at the equator move in this manner...
What is inward and upward?
The direct rays of the sun are at this latitude on June 21st...
What is 23.5 degrees North?
Star trails are due to ....
Earth's rotation
We see the same side of the moon because ...
The moon's rotation and revolution are nearly equal
Oceanic crust has this density
3.0 g/cm3
If a p wave Travels for 5 minutes, how long has the s wave been traveling for ?
What is 9 minutes?
2 key things about the sun's apparent path make winter cold...
What is low angle at noon and short day?
What they of star is the sun?
Main sequence
The earth's ellipse look like a ....
circle
The continental crust is made of this
granite
What geologic period occurred 500 million years ago?
What is the Cambrian period?
What location receives direct rays twice a year?
What is the equator?
Stars get their energy from
nuclear fusion
High pressure systems move this way
outward and cw and downward
Rock can bend and fracture due to this force
plate tectonics
What minerals are in granite?
What is Kspar, quartz, plag., biotite, and amphibole
What earth movement causes seasons?
What is revolution ?
Heliocentric means
sun centered
low pressure systems move this way
inward , ccw and upward
Rocks in humid climates weather this way
chemically