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Planets
Earth's Dynamic Surface
Earth in Space
Methods of Science
Our Planet- Earth
100
The speed at which the Earth orbits the Sun.
What is 1 AU
100
The process by which plants release water vapor into the air.
What is transpiration?
100
Can occur only during a New Moon, when a small part of Earth is in the Moon's shadow.
What is a solar eclipse?
100
The act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and recording what occurs.
What is an observation?
100
Any moisture that falls from clouds.
What is precipitation?
200
All outer planet has these.
What are rings?
200
This is where gases flow and swirl.
What is the troposphere?
200
After a full moon, less of the moon is visible each night.
What is Waning?
200
A statement about what will happen next in a sequence of events.
What is a prediction?
200
Any process that changes the composition of the rocks.
What is Chemical weathering?
300
These planets orbit in the same direction.
What are inner and outer planets?
300
Oxygen and nitrogen
What are the most abundant gases in the air?
300
Covered by craters, mountains, and lave plains from ancient volcanoes.
What is the surface of the Moon?
300
A logical explanation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience.
What is an inference?
300
Causes earthquakes
What is movement of rock layers along faults?
400
The smallest planet in the Solar System.
What is Mercury?
400
Oceans
Where is most of the water on Earth found?
400
Small, icy objects that orbit the Sun.
What are comets?
400
The factor in a controlled experiment that is measured or observed.
What is a dependent variable?
400
This is where most volcanoes form.
What is convergent plates?
500
Outer planets have thick atmospheres of these two elements.
What is hydrogen and helium?
500
3% of water
What is freshwater?
500
A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun.
What is an asteroid?
500
An explanation of observations or events that is based on knowledge gained from many observations and investigations.
What is the scientific theory?
500
The circulation within fluids caused by differences in density and thermal energy.
What is convection?