Space
What is a star?
Stars are hot glowing balls of burning gas.
What are the three categories of rocks?
The three categories of rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
What are the five levels of the atmosphere?
Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere.
What are the three areas of the ocean floor?
The three areas of the ocean floor are the continental shelf, the continental slope, and the abyssal plain.
What are the earth’s layers?
Earth’s layers are crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, inner-inner core.
What is a comet?
A comet has a head and a tail made of bits of rock, dust, and ice, and it also orbits the sun.
What is molten rock beneath the earth's surface called?
Molten rock within the earth is called magma.
What are the five important conditions in the troposphere that meteorologists study?
Temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind, precipitation.
What are three ways the ocean moves?
Three ways the ocean moves are currents, waves, and tides.
What is an earthquake?
The rapid movement of the earth’s crust.
What are the eight planets in our solar system?
The eight planets in our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
What are the four types of caves?
Lava tubes, sea caves, sandstone caves and solution caves
What are the three main shapes of clouds?
Stratus (stretched out), cumulus (fluffy), and cirrus (curly).
What are the five ocean zones?
The five ocean zones are: sunlit zone, twilight zone, midnight zone, abyss, and trench.
What are the three classifications for volcanoes?
Active, dormant, extinct
What is a meteor?
A meteor is an object from space that has been pulled into the earth’s atmosphere by gravity.
What are the five characteristics of a mineral?
The five characteristics of a mineral are: 1) Naturally occurring, 2) Inorganic, 3) Definite chemical structure, 4) Crystalline structure, 5) Solid at normal temperatures
What are the names of tropical storms by ocean?
Hurricane: if formed over North Atlantic/South Pacific Ocean
Typhoon: if formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean
Cyclone: if formed over the Indian Ocean
What is a coral reef?
A coral reef is an island made of coral polyps growing together to form a colony.
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering is the natural process of wearing down and breaking apart rocks. Erosion is the transport of weathered materials.
What are the phases of the moon?
The phases of the moon are New, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent.
What is the name of the scale used to test the hardness of rocks?
The Moh's scale is used to test the hardness of rocks.
What are three instruments used to gather weather information?
Thermometers measure temperature, barometers measure air pressure, and hygrometers measure relative humidity.
How much of the earth's surface is covered by oceans?
The ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.
What does Genesis 6:17–18 tell us about a worldwide flood?
Genesis 6:17–18 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. (18) But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.