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Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2 Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
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This is the shape of the Earth
What is an Oblate Spheroid
100
Superocean surrounding Pangaea
What is Panthalassa
100
This is the percentage of water on the Earth's surface.
What is 72%
100
The percentage of this gas in the atmosphere is 78%
What is Nitrogen
100
All physical existence.
What is the universe.
200
Name the layers of the Earth in order from outwards to in.
What are Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
200
Underwater mountain chain formed as new magma rises to the surface.
What is Mid-Ocean Ridge
200
This is the percentage of all of Earth's water which is found in the oceans.
What is 97%
200
This is a wave of energy that allows us to see.
What is Visible Light
200
This states that all of the universe was once in a tiny atom-sized area and then exploded outwards.
What is the Big Bang Theory
300
This is the angle of the tilt of the Earth.
What is 23.5 degrees
300
This is the region around the Pacific Ocean where 80% of all earthquakes occur on Earth.
What is the Ring of Fire
300
Name all 5 of the oceans on Earth
What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern
300
This is how much light is reflected off of any surface
What is Albedo
300
This is what is believed to have formed the moon.
What is the Giant Impact Hypothesis
400
This is a conclusion that doesn't have 100% proof, but is accepted as truth.
What is a theory.
400
This is the rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top of the Asthenosphere.
What is the Lithosphere.
400
Mini submarine which sinks to the ocean floor and has mobility.
What is a bathyscaphe.
400
This layer of the atmosphere is where all of Earth's satellites are located.
What is the Thermosphere
400
This law states that the universe is expanding.
What is Hubble Law
500
This is what is used to locate any position on Earth.
What is GPS
500
This is a geologist who became a navy sub commander in WW2. While commander, he discovered the Mid-ocean Ridge
Who is Harry Hess
500
These are the flattest regions on Earth, found deep on the ocean floor.
What is an Abyssal Plain
500
This is the lowest layer of the atmosphere, which is very warm and contains all weather.
What is the Troposhpere
500
This model is based off of a sun-centered solar system
What is a Heliocentric Model