Earth and Space 1
How long does it take for the Earth to complete 1 revolution around the sun?
What is a year or 365 1/4 days?
In the life cycle of a star, what determines which path a star will take
What is mass?
I am an object that produces it's own light and energy through nuclear fussion.
What is a star?
The central part of the Earth.
What is the Earth's core?
Scientist use this to explain how forces deep within the Earth can cause ocean floors to spread and continents to move.
What is plate tectonics/continental drift?
A natural object that orbits a planet.
What is a moon?
What are the three types of galaxies we discussed in class?
What is spiral, elliptical, and irregular?
The two elements found in the sun's core that bond together to cause nuclear fusion are
What are Hydrogen and Helium?
The tilt of the Earth?
What is 23.5 degrees?
When two plates slide past each other they create.
What is a fault?
I am a complete spin on an axis, and I happen every 24 hours on Earth.
What is rotation?
What is the cause of day and night on Earth?
What is the rotation of Earth on its axis?
I am a powerful explosion of a super red giant.
What is a supernova?
The thin layer of solid rock that makes up the outermost part of the Earth.
What is the Earth's crust/lithosphere?
Hot molten rock below the surface of the Earth.
What is magma?
What is the temperature and luminosity of our sun?
What is 5,778 K and 1 Lumen.
When is Earth Day?
What is April 22nd?
Locations where plates move apart.
What are divergent boundaries?
What is the science word for a large-slow moving sheet of ice?
What is a glacier?
I am made up from gases, ice, dust, and rock, and one of my most famous names is Haley.
What is a comet?
A small and very dense star that shines with white light.
What is a white dwarf?
I make up the Earth's surface and can include rivers, mountains, lakes, ridges, or valleys.
What are crustal features?
What crustal feature is made when two convergent boundaries meet?
What are Mountains?