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Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
100
What is the term that refers to the earth traveling around the sun once in a year?
What is Revolution?
100
What is the nickname of the region bordering the Pacific Ocean where 80% of all earthquakes occur on earth?
What is the Ring of Fire?
100
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by ocean?
What is 72%?
100
Which gas takes up 78% of our atmosphere that plants use nitrogen as nutrients?
What is Nitrogen?
100
What are "dirty snowballs" made of frozen gases and debris, typically have large irregular orbits?
What is comets?
200
Which lines run vertically and measure East and West?
What is Longitude?
200
What is a massive wave produced by large earthquakes on the ocean floor which cause extreme flooding?
What is tsunami?
200
Which ocean is the saltiest ocean and is increasing in size due to seafloor spreading?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
What are man-made chemicals found in refrigerators, air conditioners, and hairspray that destroy ozone?
What is CFC's?
200
What is the term meaning "sun centered"?
What is heliocentric?
300
Which geologist discovered seafloor spreading?
Who is Harry Hess?
300
What are the 5 characteristics of all minerals?
What is solid, inorganic, occur naturally, orderly crystalline structure, and same chemical composition?
300
What type of breakers is one where waves form a tunnel and break along the shoreline due to medium slope?
What is Plunging Breaker?
300
What two types of air meet to form tornadoes?
What is Maritime Tropical and Continental Polar air?
300
Which planet is known as the "red planet" due to volcanic activity?
What is Mars?
400
What is heated material in the asthenosphere rises and sinks as it becomes hotter and colder?
What is convection currents?
400
According to the Mohs Scale(1-10), which is the softest type of mineral?
What is talc?
400
What is the opposing force to gravity that pulls objects away from one another?
What is inertia?
400
What is the two types of hurricanes and where do each form over?
What is Hurricanes- Atlantic & Typhoon- Pacific?
400
What is the surface feature term for lowlands, darker cooled lava?
What is maria?
500
What is the outermost layer of the earth?
What is the crust?
500
What is known as any mineral containing silicon and oxygen?
What is a silicate?
500
Which type of tide is weaker with high and low tides due to perpendicular alignment of the sun, moon, and earth?
What is neap tides?
500
Which front produces light rain?
What is warm front?
500
What are the 7 planets in our solar system?
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?