Light
How does the path of light always travel?
In a straight line.
What is something designed to keep something inside it hot or cold (without electricity)?
Answers will vary (lunch box, cooler, thermos, etc.)
What does SEM stand for?
Sun, Earth, Moon
The amount of water vapor in the air is ________
humidity
It is growing (2 cm) and moving (4 cm NE each year)
What happens when light reflects?
Light bounces off of something.
Gas touches a cool surface and cools to become a liquid
Condensation
Earth moves around the sun in a circular, oval, shape. It takes 365.25 days for one of these _______
Revolution
What does altitude mean?
The strength of an earthquake is its ________
magnitude
Define absorbed in reference to light.
Light gets taken in (and changes to heat/energy)
Liquid heats to a gas
Evaporation
Which hemisphere is the U.S. located in?
Northern Hemisphere
Describe the density of air as it is warmed up, and then cools down
Air that is warmed will get less dense, particles spread out and the air will rise up. As it rises it will cool down, particles get closer together (more dense) and it will sink
What is oceanic crust? What is continental crust?
When light passes through something it _______
transmits
Describe the motion and spacing of the states of matter
Gas - particles are spaced out moving apart to take up all space in a container and energetic
Liquid- particles flow freely and take shape of container
Solid - particles vibrate and are close together orderly arranged
What is the arrangement of sun, earth, and moon during the New Moon phase?
Sun, Moon, Earth (moon is in-between the sun and earth)
What are the weather conditions like during a Hailstorm? (Temp, humidity, wind)
Temperature drops, humidity increases, and wind increases
The further below earth's surface, what happens to the temperature?
Temperature increases, it gets hotter
The music student is in a room and cannot see through a one-way mirror to the teacher. Instead he just sees himself reflected back. The teacher on the other side can see the student. Which room has the light ON?
Your hand touches a cup and starts to transfer heat to the cool liquid inside. What type of heat transfer is this?
Conduction
What is the cause of seasons?
Earth is tilted to an angle and revolves around the sun, so the hemispheres receive different amounts of direct sunlight at different positions in their revolution
Describe the relationship between air temperature and altitude. As altitude increases, air temperature _______.
decreases (it gets colder the higher up you go)
What causes mountains like Mt. Everest to move?
Earth's plate are moving