Vocabulary
Climate & Weather
Team Mascots
Earth Systems & Plate Tectonics
Water Cycle
100
The average weather over a long period of time
What is climate?
100
The closer you are to the equator, the ______ it is.
What is warmer?
100
This was the original mascot of the University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
What are Bugeaters?
100
Oceanic crust commonly forms here.
What are ocean floors?
100
The main energy source for the water cycle.
What is the Sun?
200
The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
Greenhouse gases cause this effect on Earth.
What is warming of Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere?
200
This is the name of Oklahoma State's mascot
Who is Pistol Pete?
200
Plates collide and compress the crust at this boundary.
What is a convergent boundary?
200
Water vapor cooling to form clouds.
What is condensation?
300
The force that causes winds to curve.
What is the Coriolis effect?
300
The closer to the poles, the ______ it is.
What is colder?
300
This mascot is from the University of Tennessee, who was first introduced in 1953. Sharing a name with a bear who has warned and kept us safe from fire.
Who is Smokey?
300
Oceanic crust subducts because it is this.
What is denser/heavier?
300
Precipitation caused by air rising over mountains.
What is orographic precipitation?
400
This type of precipitation forms when warm and cold air meet.
What is frontal precipitation?
400
When day and night are nearly equal worldwide.
What are equinoxes?
400
This mascot is from Connecticut College. This mascot resembles endurance, determination, and strength. It is also a type of animal used for travel.
What are the Camels?
400
This process moves tectonic plates.
What are mantle convection currents?
400
Liquid water turning into vapor.
What is evaporation?
500
A stationary magma source that creates volcanic chains.
What is a hot spot?
500
Earth’s tilt affects seasons by changing this.
What is the angle of sunlight?
500
This is the official name of the Detroit Lions mascot.
Who is Roary the Lion?
500
Mountains form when plates do this at convergent boundaries.
What is collide and compress?
500
Water falling as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
600
Movement of heat within Earth that drives plate tectonics.
What is convection?
600
One indicator of climate change.
What is rising global temperatures OR sea levels OR severe weather?
600
This Nebraska high school is home for the Mighty Bunnies
What is Omaha Benson High School?
600
The layer beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
600
Water moving across land into rivers and oceans.
What is runoff?
700
The layer of Earth where all living things exist.
What is the biosphere?
700
The main factor that determines climate zones.
What is latitude?
700
This was the original mascot for the Kansas City Chiefs.
What is a horse?
700
The type of crust that is thicker but less dense.
What is continental crust?
700
The movement of water through Earth’s system.
What is the water cycle?
800
A break in Earth’s crust where movement occurs.
What is a plate boundary?
800
The equator receives more solar energy because sunlight is this.
What is more direct?
800
This mascot is from Williams college. Who was inspired by a funny poem written by Gelett Burgess.
Ephelia the Purple Cow.
800
Plates pulling apart form this boundary.
What is a divergent boundary?
800
This type of precipitation occurs when warm and cold air masses meet.
What is frontal precipitation?
900
The solid outer layer of Earth.
What is the crust/lithosphere?
900
Heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere are called this.
What are greenhouse gases?
900
What is the mascot for UC Santa Curz
Who is Sammy the Banana Slug?
900
The process where one plate sinks under another.
What is subduction?
900
This type of precipitation occurs when warm air rises, cools, and forms clouds.
What is convectional precipitation?
1000
Name all four major Earth spheres.
What are atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere?
1000
Earth’s tilt affects seasons by changing this.
What is the angle of sunlight?
1000
This is the mascot for Yuma High School in Arizona
Who are the Criminals?
1000
Plates sliding past each other form this boundary.
What is transform boundary?
1000
List all steps of the water cycle in order.
What is evaporation → condensation → precipitation → runoff?