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Misc
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The ability to predict natural disasters
What is a benefit from learning Earth science
100
how a star generates heat and when two hydrogen combine to form helium.
What is neculear fusion
100
at one point was considered a major planet but now has been downgraded to a dwarf planet.
What is pluto?
100
Energy formed over thousands or millions of years from the compression and decomposition of organic matter.
What is fossil fules
100
The largest of all the metric prefizes
What is kilo?
200
the study of climate and weather
What is meteorology?
200
the force of attraction between two objects depends on the masses of the objects and the distance of the object
What is the law of gravitation?
200
the planet that is least dense and has the most complex ring system.
What is saturn?
200
wind, geothermal, hydroelectric
What are examples of renewable energy sources?
200
stratification, Ripple marks, mud craks
What are examples of sedimentary rock features.
300
the metric base unit for measuring distance.
What is meter?
300
a pair of stars that revolve around each other and are held together by gravity
What is a binary star?
300
the length of time the sunspot cycle lasts.
What is 11 years?
300
types of rock is produced by magma that cools deep below the Earth’s crust
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
300
stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity.
What is a galaxy?
400
geology, oceanography, astronomy, meteorology
What are the 4 main branches of earth science.
400
the spectrum of star moving towards from the Earth.
What is blue shift?
400
when the shadow of one celestial body falls on another celestial body.
What is an eclipse?
400
rock structure results when extreme pressure causes minerals in metamorphic rock to realign, or when minerals separate out into dark and light band.
What are foliates metamorphic rocks
400
Marias, Highlands, Rays, Rilles, and creators
What are surface features of the moon?
500
An idea that has been tested repeatedly and gains acceptance.
What is a theory.
500
how scientists determine the composition and temperature of stars.
What is analyzing the spectra of light the starts emit?
500
the area of the solar system beyond Neptune's orbit?
What is the Kuiper belt?
500
Sedimentary rock that is made up of rock fragments that become compacted or cemented together.
What is Clastic Sedimentary.
500
Stony, Iron and Stony-iron
What are the types of meteorites?