The Solar System
Name 4 gas planets & 4 terrestrial planets
1. Gas - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus
2. Terrestrial- Earth, Mars, Mercury and Venus
This type of plate boundary occurs where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other, often creating mid-ocean ridges or rift valleys.
A= What is a divergent plate boundary
What two elements is the sun primarily made of?
A= What are Hydrogen and Helium
What does sustainability mean?
A= what is using resources in a way that meets current needs without impacting future generations
What human activity is considered the largest contributor to recent climate change?
A= What is the burning of fossil fuels for energy.
What substances are needed for a planet to habitable?
A- Hydrogen, Rocks, metals
This process occurs at convergent boundaries when a denser oceanic plate sinks beneath a lighter continental plate and melts into the mantle.
A= What is subduction
What process inside the earths core produces the energy that reaches the Earth?
A= What is Nuclear fusion
What are renewable resources?
A= What are resources that can be naturally replenished,
such as solar energy, wind energy, and water.
Which greenhouse gas is most commonly released by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas?
A= What is Carbon Dioxide
CO2
If a planet is farthest from the sun, what does that say about its density?
Is it high or low?
A= The density will be lower.
Driven by the intense heat of Earth's core, these circular looping currents in the asthenosphere act as a conveyor belt that moves the tectonic plates above them.
A= What are convection currents
What layer of the Sun is the visible surface that we see from Earth?
A= what is The photosphere
Name one action that can help conserve natural resources.
A= What is recycling, reducing waste, reusing materials, conserving water, or saving energy
What is the greenhouse effect?
A= What is the process in which gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat and warm the planet
Johannes Keplar discovered that planetary orbits are not perfect circles but instead they were an
A= what is an ellipse
Hawaii was not formed at a plate boundary; instead, its volcanic islands were created as the Pacific plate moved over one of these stationary, exceptionally hot areas deep within the mantle.
A= What is a hotspot
What type of star is the Sun?
A= What is a Main sequence star
While the natural version of this effect keeps Earth warm enough for life, human activities like burning fossil fuels have amplified it, trapping excess heat in our atmosphere.
A= What is the greenhouse effect
Name one major piece of evidence that Earth's climate is warming.
A= What is rising global temperatures, melting glaciers, shrinking ice sheets, or rising sea levels.
This terrestrial planet has a surface rich in iron oxide, which undergoes a chemical reaction with trace amounts of water and oxygen to give the planet its distinct reddish hue.
A= What is mars
These incredibly deep, underwater depressions form at subduction zones where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, with the Mariana Trench being the deepest example on Earth.
A= What is the ocean trench
Why do different seasons occur on Earth?
A= What is Axis
The Earths tilted rotation allows for different seasons to be experienced.
This two-word term describes the total amount of greenhouse gases, specifically carbon dioxide, emitted into the atmosphere by a single person, organization, or product.
A=. What is a carbon footprint
How can planting more trees help reduce climate change?
A= What is trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis