Earth in Space
What is the primary force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun?
What is gravity?
What phase of the moon occurs when it is between the Earth and the sun?
What is the new moon?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
What is weather is short-term atmospheric conditions, while climate is the long-term average?
What are the three main layers of the Earth?
What are the crust, mantle, and core?
How do natural resources affect economic development?
What is they provide materials for energy, manufacturing, and agriculture?
Describe the shape of the Earth.
What is an oblate spheroid?
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one orbit around the sun?
What is one year?
Name the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water.
What is condensation?
What type of rock is formed from cooled magma or lava?
What are igneous rocks?
Describe how human activity can impact the geosphere.
What is through mining, agriculture, and urban development?
What is the significance of the Earth's axial tilt?
What is it causes the seasons?
Explain how eclipses occur in the Earth-Sun-Moon system.
What is when the sun, Earth, and moon align in a straight line?
What are the main factors that influence climate?
What are latitude, altitude, distance from oceans, and prevailing winds?
Define plate tectonics.
What is the theory that describes the large-scale movement of Earth's plates?
What is sustainability in the context of Earth’s resources?
What is meeting the needs of the present without compromising future generations?
Name the four main components of the Earth system.
What are the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?
What is the effect of the moon's gravity on Earth?
What is it causes tides?
How do greenhouse gases affect the Earth’s temperature?
What is they trap heat in the atmosphere?
What is the process of soil formation?
What is weathering and the accumulation of organic material?
How do climate change and extreme weather events affect society?
What is they can lead to displacement, economic loss, and health issues?
How does light from the sun affect the Earth’s climate?
What is it drives photosynthesis and influences weather patterns?
Describe the significance of the lunar cycle to Earth.
What is it influences tidal patterns and biological rhythms?
Explain the role of the jet stream in weather patterns.
What is it influences weather systems and can lead to changes in temperature and precipitation?
How do earthquakes occur?
What is the release of energy along a fault line?
Discuss the importance of environmental policies.
What is they help manage resources and protect ecosystems for future generations?