Intro
Which hot spot is closest to the equator?
Galapagos hotspot
What is the age of the solar system?
4.6 billion years
Winds in the northern hemisphere will turn to the _____ due to the Coriolis effect?
right
What is the altitude of polaris here on Long Island?
41°
It took 18,000J of energy to heat up 500g of a material by 80°C. What was the material?
Iron (0.45 J/g*°C)
Which two layers of Earth's interior are liquid?
Asthenosphere and inner core
What is Earth's rate of revolution around the sun?
1°/day
Which two planets have the closest periods of rotation to one another?
Jupiter and Saturn
Which latitude is receiving direct solar insolation on June 21st?
23.5°N (Tropic of Cancer)
A star created a 90° arc as a camera lense was left open for an extended period of time. How long was the lense left open for?
6 hours
What is the eccentricity of an ellipse when the major axis is 8.9cm and the distance between foci is 1.1 cm? Round properly.
0.124
When the Sun, Earth, and moon are in a straight line, this will create what type of tides?
spring tides
What form of energy leaves the Earth at night?
Infrared energy
What is the approximate temperature at the tropopause?
-55°C
The star Vega has an average surface temperature of 10,000 K and has a luminosity 70 times greater than that of the Sun. Which type of star is Vega?
Main sequence
What is the name of the phase of the moon when it is mostly lit up on the left and a little dark on the right?
waning gibbous
How much energy is required to vaporize 50g of liquid water? Use proper units.
113,000 J
What is the difference in solar time when two locations have 30° difference in latitude and a 0° difference in longitude.
What is the shape of our Milky Way galaxy?
spiral galaxy
How does the length of a person's shadow change in the winter from sunrise to sunset.
decreases then increases
How much energy is required 1g of ice to go through sublimation?
2,594 J