The World Around You
Mapping Earth
Astronomy
Meteorology
The Ground Beneath Our Feet
100
Fill in the blank: Water is _____ dense than dish soap
LESS
100
If someone observed Polaris at an altitude of 30 degrees, what line of latitude would they be standing on?
30 degrees North
100
Why does the Earth experience seasons throughout its orbit around the sun?
AXIAL TILT
100
What kind of wave has the LONGEST wavelength?
RADIO
100
Identify the mineral that has a composition of CaCO3
Calcite
200
"The rock has a mass of 76.9 grams"
Is this statement an OBSERVATION or an INFERENCE
OBSERVATION
200
What are TWO pieces of evidence that the Earth is round?
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200
What color is a star that has a surface temperature of 5,542 K?
YELLOW
200
What is the present weather in this weather statin model?
RAIN
200
Turning a pre-existing rock into a metamorphic rock requires intense _____________
Heat & Pressure
300
What is the density of a mystery substance if the volume is 65.32 cm3 and the mass is 27.63 grams? Round to the nearest hundredth
0.42 g/cm3
300
What continent would you be on at the coordinates 20N, 20E?
AFRICA
300
What can be said about the motion of these galaxies? What does that mean about the Universe as a whole?
Galaxies are experiencing a Red Shift, meaning they are moving away from each other and from the observer on Earth. This means the Universe is EXPANDING
300
In terms of temperature and moisture content, how would you describe a Maritime Tropical air mass?
How and Humid
300
This is the approximate half-life of Potassium-40.
1.3 billion years
400
Which rock is MORE dense and why?
The brown (sinking) rock because it sank and the other floats in water
400
Name the city in New York where someone would observe Polaris at an altitude of 44 degrees. (hint...ESRT page 3)
Watertown
400
What phase is the moon in here?
Waning Crescent
400
What is the humidity percentage if the dry bulb is 10 degrees C, and the wet bulb is 9 degrees?
88%
400
What significant geologic event in NY happened in the Early Permian?
Alleghenian orogeny
500
What branch of Earth Science is being represented by the image?
Oceanography
500
What is the elevation of point B?
900 feet
500
Name the 4 Terrestrial planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
500
Which material would heat up faster; Copper or Basalt? Why?
Copper! Lower specific heat value
500
If a sample of a rock contains 25% of original Uranium-238 in it, how many half-lives has this undergone?
2 Half-lives