Solar System
What was the first object created in our Solar System?
The Sun
What are Tides?
Rise and fall of our water level
What are the two types of Eclipses?
Lunar and Solar
The oldest layers are found at the ...
bottom
What causes Moon phases?
Moon's revolution and reflection of Sun's light
Mostly Rock
What causes our Tides?
Moon's gravitational pull
What causes Eclipses?
Eclipses are created when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are in perfect alignment to block light from either reaching the Moon or Earth.
What is the law of superposition?
States that layers get older the further they are on a sedimentary rock
Waxing
Waning
Waxing is the increasing of light
Waning is decreasing of light
Which were created first: inner or outer planets?
Inner Planets
Roughly every 6 hours and 25 minutes
Red is the only color whose wavelength can get through.
The Earth is approximately, how many years old?
4.6 billion years old
Come up and draw a New Moon
Fully shaded in
What are our Outer Planets made from?
Mostly Gas and Ice
Come up to the board and draw the position of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during a Spring Tide.
Mr. Somar will judge.
Come up to the board and draw the position of the Earth, Moon, Sun during a Solar Eclipse.
Mr. Somar will judge
What is the opposite of relative age?
Absolute Age
Come up and draw a waxing crescent
light on the right side with a C shape
What two factors influence gravitational strength the most?
Distance and Mass
Come up to the board and draw the position of the Sun, Earth and Moon during a Neap Tide.
Come up to the board and draw the position of the Earth, Moon, Sun during a Lunar Eclipse.
Mr. Somar will judge.
What makes a fossil an index fossil? (What makes it different from other fossils?)
They are short lived, meaning they are only found in one rock layer and appear more than once in that layer.
Come up and draw a waning gibbous
light of the left side and bulge of light