Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars
are all rocky, inner planets, with surfaces and no rings
What are terrestrial planets?
100
Cold and dry, air mass that forms over land,
What is continental polar air mass?
100
Layer of the atmosphere closest to earth
What is troposphere?
200
Instrument used to measure volume
What is a graduated cylinder? or ruler?
200
the difference between two contour lines that are side by side.
What is contour interval?
200
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune are all gas giants, outer planets with rings, and many moons
What are Jovian planets?
200
Lines that connect equal areas of air pressure
What are isobars?
200
Layer of the atmosphere that contains the Ozone Layer
What is the stratosphere
300
Formula to calculate density
What is mass / volume?
300
Symbolized by closely spaced contour lines
What are steep slopes?
300
Rocky bodies found between Mars and Jupiter
What is the asteroid belt?
300
Pressure system that produces storms and bad weather
What is low pressure weather system or cyclone?
300
Decreases as altitude increases from the bottom to the top.
What is air pressure do in the atmosphere?
400
the mass is 26.76g and the volume is 3 cubic cm . Calculate the Density.
What is 8.92g/cm3
400
Measures north and south of the equator, but runs east to west.
What is latitude?
400
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.
What is Summer Solstice?
400
Tropical cyclones
What is a hurricane?
400
Decreases, then increases, then decreases then increases with altitude.
What does temperature do in the atmosphere?
500
There is a block on your desk that acts as a paperweight. Its measurements are 4cm by 5cm by 7cm. The block has a mass of 184.32g. Calculate the density
What is 1.32 g/cm3
500
0 degrees longitude
What is the prime meridian?
500
The majority of stars on the Hertzsprung Russell diagram
What are main sequence stars?
500
5 things shown on a weather station model
What is temperature, air pressure, cloud coverage, wind speed, and wind direction? (precipitation)
500
List the layers of the atmosphere in order from layer closest to the Earth's surface to the top.
What is troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere?