Earth
Rock type resulting from heat and pressure exerted on any of the three types of rocks
metamorphic
Molten rock before it erupts as lava is called?
Magma
If a bucket of water is left outside or in a window facing sunlight and the water level begins to drop, what can you conclude is happening?
evaporation
In convection currents, _____ air rises as _____ air sinks.
What is Hot rises (less dense) as cool sinks (more dense).
While almost everything we eat comes from plants or animals, this is the only mineral essential to human life that is harvested directly from the Earth as non-living and consumed. Every other calorie we burn comes from something that was once breathing, growing, or photosynthesizing.
Salt
Salt is the only inorganic crystalline solid we consume. Every other calorie we burn comes from something that was once breathing, growing, or photosynthesizing.Technically, water is a liquid compound, not a "food" or a "mineral" in the nutritional sense.
The ___________ or center of Earth is the hottest.
core
What occurs when the moon blocks sunlight from hitting Earth?
Solar Eclipse
The type of rock where fossilized remains may be found.
Sedimentary
The hemisphere which, as a result of the Earth's tilt, is angled more toward the sun experiences the season of ______________.
Summer
The name of the instrument used to measure air pressure
Barometer
The processes by which sediment is created and removed from a place are called ________________________.
weathering and erosion
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
the action of two tectonic plates colliding and the less dense plate, submerges underneath the denser one
Subduction
The larger layer of Earth
What is the mantle?
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
Which air mass can be identified as dry and hot
Continental tropical
What is the most abundant element in the atmosphere?
Nitrogen
Mt Cardigan Nickname
Old Baldy
Fill in the missing moon phases in order starting with new moon:
New Moon, (1)_______ crescent, first quarter, waxing (2)_______, Full moon, Waning gibbous, (3)______ quarter, waning crescent
New Moon, (1)Waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing (2)gibbous, Full moon, Waning gibbous, (3)third quarter, waning crescent
This mountain chain named after its polar tundra like climate is said to have the worst weather on the planet.
White Mountains
We think of them as solid armor, but these structures are actually alive. They contain blood vessels and nerves, and they are the only part of the human skeleton that cannot heal or rebuild itself if broken.
Teeth
Bones can heal because they are made of living cells called osteocytes that constantly rebuild tissue. Teeth are covered in enamel, which is a non-living mineral matrix. Once tooth enamel is cracked or chipped, the body cannot biologically grow it back.
Every single piece of jewelry made from this precious metal did not form inside Earth's crust; instead, 100% of it arrived on our planet via intense meteorite bombardments billions of years ago.
Gold
Earth's actual native gold sank to the planet's liquid core during its fiery formation. All the gold we mine today near the surface was delivered by space rocks after the crust cooled down.
The record for the highest temperature on Earth was set on July 10, 1913, with a temperature of 134' F. What US city holds this record?
Death Valley,CA
Despite living entirely in the ocean, having no legs, and looking like massive fish, these creatures are biologically closer to hippo and deer than they are to sharks.
Whales
Whales are mammals that evolved from four-legged land animals millions of years ago. DNA sequencing has proven that their closest living land relative is actually the hippopotamus.