What is the total energy of all particles in an object called ?
Thermal Energy
Air currents transfer energy by the method of heat transfer is called _____
Convection.
The cycles of matter in earth's system are driven by the movement of __________
Heat
What is the measure of the amount of water vapor in the air ?
A. Dew Point B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation D. Humidity.
D. Humidity
What is Earth's thinnest layer ?
The Crust
What is energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object ?
Heat
What type of materials do not conduct heat well.
A. Insulators
B. Conductors
C. Radiators
D. Metals
A. Insulators
What is the thin, gas filled- filled outermost layer of the Earth's systems.
Atmosphere.
The atmosphere is mostly made up of the gases ________ & _______
Nitrogen & Oxygen
What causes the crystals in Gneiss to line up in bands ?
A. Pressure
B. Weathering
C. Deposition
A. Pressure
When Kinetic Energy of the particles in an object increases, the temperature of the object _____.
Increases
If you are outside and getting a tan in the sun. What heat transfer is it ?
Radiation
In the ______, water exists in its solid form as ice.
Cryosphere
What type of Front does not move ?
Stationary Front
True or False ?
Erosion is the process which acts on Earth's surface to break rocks into pieces.
False
It's weathering
An __________ is an instrument that can be used to measure temperature.
Thermometer
What are the 3 kind of heat transfer ?
Conduction, Convection, Radiation
A landform with high elevation and high relief formed by material of the Geosphere is called ?
Mountain
What does an Isobar show on a weather map ?
Areas of equal temperature
What is the process of a rock changing from Sedimentary to Igneous rock ?
Formation of magma
The water could change its state of matter from liquid to gas.
True or False?
Is Convection a heat transfer ?
True
About 97 percent of the Hydrosphere is ___
A. Fresh water in ice and snow
B. Salt water in lakes, seas, and the ocean
B. Salt water in lakes, seas, and the ocean
Which type of storm always forms over and pulls energy from a large body of warm water ?
A. Thunderstorm
B. Hurricane
B. Hurricane
When energy transforms from one form to another, the total amount of energy in the system.
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Is conserved
C. Is conserved.