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Unit 1: Intro to Earth Science
Unit 2: Geology
Unit 3: Oceanography
Unit 4: Meteorology
Unit 5: Astronomy
100
A propose explanation
What is Hypothesis?
100
Supercontinent when all Earth land was connected 200 million years ago.
What is Pangaea
100
72% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean 97% of the Earth's water is found in the oceans
How much water is on the Earth
100
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Ozone
What are the gases in the atmosphere?
100
Universe, Galaxy, Star, Planet, Moon
What is the Structure of the Universe?
200
Difference in Data
What is Variance?
200
Many of the Earths continents fit together like a puzzle
What is the Shape of Coastline
200
Bathysphere, Bathyscaphe
What are the Submersibles
200
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere
What are the Layers in the Atmosphere?
200
The Universe is Expanding as all galaxies move apart
What is Hubble Law?
300
things in the experiments that change
What is Variables?
300
Mid-Ocean Ridges, Magnetic Reversals, Plate Tectonics, Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Convention Currents
What are the causes of seafloor Spreading
300
Continental Shelf, Continental Slope, Continental Rise
What are the Continental Margin
300
Protects us from Harmful UV Rays, Located in the Stratosphere.
What is The Ozone Layer?
300
All of the Universe was once in a tiny atom-sized area and "exploded" outward forming the universe as it is today
What is the Big Bang Theory?
400
things in the experiments that change
What is invariables?
400
At transform and convergent (subduction) boundaries, plates moving past each other cause stress to build
What is the causes of earthquakes
400
amount of salt is dissolved in water, listed in PPT (Parts per thousand) Average is 35ppt
What is Salinity
400
Maritime Tropical, Maritime Polar, Continental Tropical, Continental Polar
What are the types of masses?
400
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What are the inner planet?
500
Slightly wider at the equator, due to faster rotation
What is Oblate Spheroid
500
Subduction, Hot Spots
What are two causes of earthquakes
500
Crest, Through, Wavelength, Wave Height
What are the parts of the waves?
500
Cold Front, Warm Front, Stationary Front, Occluded Front
What are the types of Fronts?