Astronomy
What type of reaction does the sun undergo?
What is Nuclear Fusion?
What are the 3 types of Plate Boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, & Transform
How can water be an agent for physical weathering?
By seeping into the cracks of rocks and freezing.
or
Ice Wedging.
When rainwater reaches Earth’s surface, it can run off into surface water bodies or infiltrate soil and rock to become groundwater. Which of these surfaces would allow the most runoff and least infiltration of rainwater?
gravel - cement - sand - grass
What is Cement?
Who came up with the Continental Drift Hypothesis?
Who is Alfred Wegner?
What galaxy is the Earth located in, AND what type of galaxy is it?
The Milky Way Galaxy
It is a Spiral Galaxy
Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes?
What is the asthenosphere.
What are the 2 processes that create sedimentary rocks?
What are Compaction and Cementation.
If a steam becomes polluted, what is likely to happen to the surrounding groundwater?
The groundwater will become polluted as well.
During which month is the Earth CLOSEST to the sun?
Double Points if you can tell me what its called.
During the month of January.
What is Perihelion?
If it is winter in Charlotte, NC; what kind of sunlight is the Southern Hemisphere receiving?
What is Direct Sunlight.
What is the process called when the more dense Plate Tectonic goes beneath another one?
What is subduction?
What kind of material is found in the C horizon of a soil profile?
What is partially weathered parent material.
Which is one way surface water may become groundwater?
What is Infiltration?
What are the 3 types of Faults?
Transform, Reverse & Strike-Slip
The Sun and other stars are powered by nuclear fusion. What gets fused into what during this process?
Bonus for double points!!!
Fill in the blanks with the right numbers.
_______ nuclei combine to become a _____ nucleus, releasing energy.
Four hydrogen nuclei combine to become a helium nucleus, releasing energy.
In an Earthquake, in what directions do seismic waves move from the focus?
What is ALL directions
Which agent of erosion creates rounded hills and mountains?
What is water?
In the hydrologic cycle, which process contributes to a decrease in groundwater levels?
What is evaporation?
Which agent of erosion is responsible for the creation of landforms such as sharp mountains and deep U-shaped valleys?
What is Ice?
Which motion is caused by the revolution of the moon and its gravity around the Earth?
What is Nutation?
Earthquakes can be severe along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California, but volcanoes are nonexistent. Why is this?
The crustal plates slide along each other without subducting at this fault.
Which agent of erosion is responsible for moving more sediment on Earth than anything else?
What is water?
What is the difference between porosity and permeability?
Porosity: a measure of how much of a rock is open space.
Permeability: measure of the ease with which a fluid (water in this case) can move through a porous rock
What type of radiation has the shortest wavelengths?
What is Gamma Radiation