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Astronomy
Insolation and Seasons
Weather
Climate
ESRTs
100
This takes 24 hours or 15 degrees per hour
What is Earth's Rotation
100
Gasses like carbon dioxide and methane that absorb heat (infrared) energy
What are greehouse gasses
100
Continental Polar airmass
What is an airmass with dry cool air
100
Temperature and moisture
What are the two things that determine climate
100

The specific heat of water

4.16 

200
One year or 365.25 days
What is the length or time for Earth's revolution around the sun
200
The tilt of Earth's rotational axis
What is the main reason we have seasons
200
The amount of moisture in the air
What is humidity
200
The feature that has the biggest control on temperature
What is Latitude
200

The coordinates for the Hawaii Hotspot

200 N, 160o W

300
It takes 29.5 days
What is the length of time for all moon phases
300
Belt of the planet recieving the most insolation on any given day of the year
What is the equatorial zone or tropical zone
300

The relative humidity if the dry bulb is 10 and the dew point is -2

43%

300

The climate that forms on the leeward side of a mountain 

dry (arid) and warm climate 

300

Elmira is located in this landscape region

Allegheny Plateau

400

The original model of the solar system before Galileo  

What is the geocentric model

400

Currents created by uneven heating of Earth's surface

What are global wind belts 

400
Differences in air pressure caused by uneven heating
What is the cause of wind
400

The feature that causes temperature to become lower as it increases

What is altitude

400
The names of all types of sediments that a river could carry if it were moving 50 cm/s. 

Small pebbles, sand, silt and clay

500

The day sunlight hits the tropic of cancer (23.5 degrees North) directly (at a 90 degree angle)

What is Summer Solstice or Longest day of the year, June 21.

500
The type of electromagnetic radiation primarily responsible for energy on Earth
What is visible light
500

Two factors that need to be the same in order for condensation to occur

Dew Point and Air Temperature

500

The prevailing southwesterlies wind belt causes most low-pressure weather systems to travel across the United States from the _____ to ________. 

SW towards the NE

500

The temperature, depth and pressure at the boundary between the stiffer mantle and the outer core. 

Pressure: 1.5 atmospheres 

Temperature: 5000 0C

Depth: 2900km