Density
What is the formula for density?
D= Mass/Volume
Polaris is also known as
What is the North Star
A landslide is an example of?
Mass movement resulting from erosion and weathering
What provides evidence for plate tectonics?
What is the matching shapes of continents, the distribution of fossils and rock formations across different landmasses, and the occurrence of earthquakes and volcanic activity along plate boundaries and sea floor topography.
Which layer of the atmosphere do humans, plants and animals reside in?
What is the troposphere
What is the definition for mass?
Amount of matter in an object
Name the terrestrial planets in order.
What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
A region has a broad, U shaped valley with polished and grooved bedrock. This is most likely caused by?
What is Glacier movement
Continental crust is _________ than oceanic crust.
thicker
If it is Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
What would be Summer
What is volume?
Amount of space an object occupies
The location of the asteroid belt is between which two planets?
What are Mars and Jupiter
Occurs when sediments on the bottom of the river hit each other as a fast current of water moves the sediment.
What is abrasion
The San Andreas fault is a classical ___________ boundary.
transform
Which processes of the water cycle return water directly to the atmosphere?
What would be evaporation and transpiration
The following items are placed in a large beaker of water, give the order they would be placed. Bottom, middle or floating on top. Gold (density 19.32g/cm3), Styrofoam (density .5g/cm3) and tree branch (density .95 g/cm3)
What is Gold on the bottom, partially submerged tree branch and floating is the Styrofoam.
The presence of what atmospheric gas causes the high temperatures on Venus?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
In an area where a river has cut a deep channel into the Earth, there are several layers of different rock exposed. The oldest rock layer is most likely to be the layer that is?
What is the bottom layer.
If an earthquake occurs under the sea, what is the possible danger?
tsunami
Air moving from the poles towards the equator turns west. The primary cause of this global deflection is
what is rotation of the Earth
You have a rock with a volume of 15 cm3 and a mass of 45 g. What is its density?
3.0 g/cm3
The Milky Way galaxy is described as what shape?
What is spiral
What are examples of chemical weathering (3)?
What are Acid rain, oxidation, normal rain
where new crust is created, a convergent boundary is where old crust is destroyed as the plate subducts into the hot mantle. Often,volcanoes form on the other plate as a result of this subduction.
What is a divergent boundary
In the Northern Hemisphere, in which direction does surface wind circulate in a high-pressure air mass?
clockwise and away from the center