Module 4
This is the result of pre science, applied science, or accident.
What is Technology?
This is a natural or artificial body that orbits a planet or star.
What is a satellite?
Pg 121, BTD top of page
There are this many names layers for Earth's atmosphere, all ending with 'sphere'.
What is 5 layers?
Pg. 190, figure 7.6
The science that describes how all things move
What is Physics?
This is a test to determine whether or not a document agrees with itself or not.
What is An Internal Test?.
Pg. 92, last paragraph
These are objects made by people that are found and help understand how those people lived like tools, weapons and containers.
What are Artifacts?
This is the layer of gases that surround Earth and other heavenly bodies.
What is an atmosphere?
Pg 113, BTD middle of page
This is what occurs when (it is thought) snow particle bounce into each other and build up static electricity until there is a great difference between clouds and the ground.
What is lightening?
Pg. 199, 'Lightening' section.
How quickly motion occurs.
What is speed?
This stone monument is beleived to be an early observatory to help people align a star or the sun to a specific spot at a certain time of year.
What is Stonehenge?
Pg 117, middle-bottom paragraph above figure 5.4
A type of writing used by the Egyptians made up of pictures, or pictographs.
What are Hieroglyphics?
This occurs when the moon moves into a position between the earth and the sun causing total darkness for a brief time.
What is a Total Solar Eclipse?
Pg 124, 'Solar Eclipse' section
Besides having the best sounding name, this is the break between atmospheric regions where turbulent mixing occurs.
What is the Turbopause?
Pg 190, figure 7.5 & second paragraph.
If an object is slowing down then its acceleration is in what direction
What is the opposite direction as its velocity?
The accumulation of water vapor in the atmosphere when into liquid drops floating in the air.
What are clouds?
Pg. 196, first paragraph
This is the study and understanding of animals and plants as revealed in the preserved remains of once-living organisms.
What is Paleontology?
Earth's tides are strongly affected by what extraterrestrial body?
What is the moon?
Pg 130, last paragraph
If you see lightening and then hear the thunder 10 seconds later, the lightning strike was this fat away.
What is 2 miles? (SoS = 1 mile per 5 seconds)
Pg. 200, Explore More
In order for motion to occur, this must happen.
What is an object's position must change?
The motion of the object when it is falling solely under the influence of gravity.
What is Free Fall?
This is the Latin word for Science.
What is Scientia?
In a planet's orbit around the sun, these are the points where it is furthest and farthest from the sun.
What are perihelion and aphelion?
Pg 127, second paragraph
These are massive air currents in the troposphere that circle Earth around the northern and southern hemispheres caused by masses of rising warm and falling cold air.
What are jet streams?
Pg. 193, last paragraph
How many miles per hour does a car travel if it makes an 30-mile trip in 30 minutes?
What is 60 mph?
Scientist consider this to be a circular dance where one improves the other and increases the ability to further our ability to see things and learn new things.
What is Science is dependent on Technology.