Rocks
Magma + __________ = igneous rock
Cooling
Name the smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury
Name the moon phase for a solar eclipse
New moon
Name the 7 weather variables
Temperature, precipitation, pressure, wind, humidity, and cloudiness.
Name the force that keeps the Earth orbit around the sun
Gravity
Igneous rock + ____________ = sediment
Weathering and erosion
Name the planets in order
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name the moon phase for a lunar eclipse
Full moon
Name the first layer of the atmosphere starting at earth
Troposphere
Name 2 things that would be different, if we did not have a moon
The days would be only 12 hours instead of 24, the tides would be only 40 percent of the strength that they are now.
Sediment + ______________ = sedimentary rock
Compaction and cementation
Name the biggest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
Why do we see Moon phases
Because the Moon orbits Earth and Earth orbits the Sun.
Name the middle layer of the atmosphere
Mesosphere
Explain the difference between a solstice and an equinox
An equinox is when the earth isnt tilted towards or away from the sun, a solstice is when the earth is tilted either away or towards the sun.
Sedimentary rock + __________________ = metamorphic rock
Heat and pressure
Name the farthest planet from the sun
Neptune
What does the Moon rotate?
The earth
Name the farthest layer of the atmosphere from earth
Exosphere
Explain how the moon formed
An object collided with Earth, the impact ejected vaporized rock that formed ring around the Earth, that eventually gravity caused it to clump together and formed the Moon.
Metamorphic rock + ____________ = magma
Melting
Name the closest planet to the sun
Mercury
What happens when the Earth passes directly between the moon and the sun?
Lunar eclipse
Name the second layer of the atmosphere from the earth
Stratosphere
Explain the difference between revolution and rotation
Rotation is the Earth rotating on its axis, revolution is the planets orbiting the sun