Astronomy
Geology
Water
Meteorology
Geologic History
100
What is the primary reason why the Earth has seasons?
The Earth's tilt
100
What are the 3 common silicate minerals found in Granite?
quartz, feldspar, mica
100
What is the name of the location that stores water underground? (hint- some people drill a well into this to obtain water)
An aquifer
100
How are winds created?
Air flows from areas of high pressure towards areas of low pressure
100
How are mountains formed?
colliding of two continental plates
200
What moon phase is shown?
waning crescent
200
What are the two textures for Metamorphic rocks AND what does each mean?
Foliated: Has layers or mineral grains line up.
Nonfoliated: Mineral grains do not line up
200
What process formed the yellowish material in the picture?
deposition
200
What is the vertical air direction, temperature, and rotation direction of LOW pressure systems?
Air rises, Warm air, Counterclockwise rotation
200
What THEORY suggests that the continents are moving and what are the 2 lines of evidence to support this theory?
Theory of Plate Tectonics
1. Magnetic Reversals in the rocks on the ocean floor.
2. Youngest ocean rocks are found near the mid-ocean ridge and the oldest ocean rocks are found near the continents.
300
Which special tide will occur during a new moon and full moon phase?
a spring tide
300
What does it mean for an Igneous rock to coarse-grained AND where would you expect this rock to form?
Large visible crystals and forms inside of the Earth
300
What name do we give rock units that water cannot pass through?
Impermeable rocks (confining rocks)
300
What is the reason winds shift from a sea breeze during the day to a land breeze at night?
The land heats up and cools down faster than water.
300
What does the principle of superposition state?
Oldest rock units are found on the bottom on a rock sequence.
400
What are the two lines of evidence for the Big Bang Theory?
Red shift (objects moving away) and cosmic microwave background radiation.
400
If a rock is made up of broken pieces of other rocks, what kind of rock would it be? (be specific)
clastic sedimentary rock
400
When a lot of water is used from 1 well, what feature will form under that well that could affect neighbors from obtaining water?
cone of depression
400
Name the instruments that measure the following variables:
air pressure, temperature, precipitation, relative humidity
air pressure = barometer
temperature = thermometer
precipitation = radar
relative humidity = psychrometer
400
When limestone is dissolved from acid and forms cave features and sinkholes, what kind of topography is this?
Karst topography
500
What stars are found on the bottom left side of the HR Diagram AND what characteristics would they have?
White Dwarfs, Hot and Dim
500
How does a chemical sedimentary rock form?
Water evaporates leaving minerals behind.
500
What is the name of this feature AND what size sediment would be at the outer edge of the feature?
Alluvial Fan, smallest sediment (clay and silt)
500
Name the layers of the atmosphere in order starting closest to the surface AND describe what happens to the temperature in each layer
troposphere- decreases
stratosphere- increases
mesosphere - decreases
thermosphere - increases
500
What do scientists believe caused the dinosaurs to become extinct, how long ago did this occur AND what era did this happen?
Asteroid Impact
65 million years ago
Mesozoic era