Universe
This type of shift is evidence that an object producing energy is moving towards the observer.
What is blueshift?
This day has equal hours of day and night.
The least dense layer of Earth.
What is the Crust?
When more than half of the moon is lit on the left side.
What is waning Gibbous?
This water cycle process includes rain, sleet, snow, and hail.
What is precipitation?
Waves emitted by a source increase as it moves towards the observer and decrease when moving away from the observer.
What is the Doppler Effect?
The angle of sunlight that is received when we are titled towards the sun.
What is direct sunlight?
The study of Earth's land/surface.
This phase of the moon happens when the earth is in between the sun and the moon
What is a Full Moon?
This natural disaster is caused by warm ocean temperatures.
What is a hurricane?
The final stage of life for a high mass star.
What is a black hole (or supernova)?
This location experiences 24 hours of daylight during the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice.
What is the South Pole?
The change in elevation from one contour line to the next.
What is the contour interval?
This phase occurs when less than half of the moon appears to light up from the right side.
What is a waxing crescent?
The planet that rotates on its side.
What is Uranus?
The name for this group of planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
What are terrestrial planets?
The direction and speed (degrees per hour) that Earth rotates per hour.
What is Earth rotates 15 degrees, counterclockwise?
The density of an object with a volume of 20g and a mass of 10 cm3
What is 0.5 g/cm3
This moon phase creates the least extreme tides on Earth.
What is a quarter moon?
Name 2 of 3 of the types of rocks that make up the rock cycle.
What are igneous, metamorphic, and/or sedimentary?
The age of our universe.
What is 13.7 billion years old?
The name of the object that hit Earth, creating its 23.5 degree tilt.
What is Thea?
The height of Mt. Everest. (+/- 1,000 feet will be accepted)
What is about 30,000 feet? (accept 28,000-31,000')
This is why we always see the same side of the moon.
What is "the moon's period of rotation and revolution are the same"?
The first superintendent of harrison school district.
Who is Louis M. Klein?