Astronomy
Some constellations are more prominent in the night sky of North Carolina in winter, while other constellations are more prominent in the night sky in summer. Why is this?
What is Earth revolving around the sun
Where are most volcanoes located?(2 boundaries)
What are convergent and divergent boundaries?
Which is one way poor use of fertilizers in agriculture can affect the hydrologic cycle?
What is ground water pollution?
In the hydrologic cycle, which process contributes to a decrease in groundwater levels?
What is evaporation?
What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
What is the troposphere?
What is most likely to occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned in a relatively straight line?
What is spring tide?
What would building structures that withstand ground vibrations help prevent the effects of?
What are earthquakes?
What is the action of clearing a wide area of trees?
What is deforestation?
What result is likely to occur after excessive withdrawal of groundwater in coastal areas?
What layer of the atmosphere contains Aurora Borealis ?
What is the thermosphere?
How does the energy travel from the sun to Earth?
What are electromagnetic waves?
What type of seismic wave is the most damaging to earths surface?
What are surface waves?
What type of resource is peat harvesting?
What is a non-renewable resource?
What is a possible consequence of the destruction of a marsh?
What is decreased filtering of water?
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What is decreased biodiversity?
What is the coldest layer of the atmosphere?
What is the mesosphere?
What is the shape in which Earth revolves around the sun?
What is elliptical?
Primary waves occur before or after secondary waves and move which way?
What is before and back and forth?
Why are solar, wind, and water energy not widely used?
What is expensive and not as reliable?
What is a water shed?
Temperature increases as altitude increases in both the stratosphere and the thermosphere. What is the main difference between these two layers?
What is the temperature increases in the stratosphere because ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation, and in the thermosphere because of direct exposure to the sun.
What does keplers 2nd law state?
What is elliptical orbit around the sun.
Which geographic features form as a result of continental-continental convergent plates?
What are mountain ranges?
What is an urban heat island?
What is an aquifer and how do we use it?
What is water beneath the ground that can be is accessible through the use of a well?
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order from lowest altitude to highest altitude.(Include everything)
What is troposphere, tropopause, stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, mesopause, thermosphere, exosphere?