Solar System
Weather, Air, etc...
Earth's Structures
Fossils
Fields of Study
100
Our solar system contains how many planets? List them in order of closest proximity to the Sun to furthest from the Sun. 

8; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

100

The movement of warmer air/fluids rising and cooler air/fluids sinking is called what?

Convection

100

What are the three layers of the Earth?

The crust, mantle and core

100

__________________ are any evidence of past life, including bones, teeth and shells. 

Fossils

100

This type of scientist studies the stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial bodies.

Astronomers

200

Earth is found in a region of the solar system referred to as the ___________________. 

Goldilocks zone OR Habitable zone

200

The Earth is broken into different climate zones. In which zone is the equator located?

The tropical zone

200

What are the three types of rock?

Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary

200

The image shows the skull of a sabertooth cat. This type of fossil is an example of a __________ fossil, because it can provide evidence of what the animal ate (as evidence from its sharp pointed fangs).

Trace fossil

200

These type of scientists study the Earth and its structure, materials, and history.

Geologists

300

How do the planets stay in orbit around the Sun?

The planets stay in orbit around the Sun because of the Sun's gravitational pull. Since the Sun makes up 99.8% of the mass in our solar system, it pulls the planet into orbit around it. Each of the planets also have their own gravitational fields which cause moons and other smaller objects to orbit around them. 

300

Between which lines of latitude is the Temperate zone in the Northern Hemisphere found?

Between the Tropic of Cancer (Above the subtropical zone) and the Artic Circle

300

Scientists track Earth's 4.6 billion year history using the ______________________. 

Geologic time scale

300

The image shows two types of fossils for the same organism. The one on the left has been filled in with rock, and the one on the right is a hollow imprint of the organism. Which fossil is a cast fossil and which is a mold fossil?

The left is a cast fossil, the right is a mold fossil

300

This is the study of weather. 

Meteorology
400

Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?

Pluto is not big enough to clear other objects out of its orbit. 

400

__________________ are winds that blow in one direction and move air masses around; they are caused by the uneven heating of air. 

Prevailing winds

400

List and describe the three types of plate boundaries.

Transform boundaries - two plates slide past each other

Convergent boundaries - two plates crash into one another

Divergent boundaries - two plates slide apart from one another

400

This "landfish" fossil is an example of a ______________ fossil, because it is provides evidence that animals moved from living in water to living on dry land.

Transitional fossil

400

These scientists study evidence of past life in order to understand extinct species. 

Paleontologists 

500

Describe the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are in alignement and the Moon covers the Sun. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into Earth's shadow.

500

This effect describes why air currents "bend" to the right or east in the Northern Hemisphere and is caused by the rotation of the Earth and the speed at which it does so at different latitudes. 

The Coriolis Effect

500

List the 7 major tectonic plates. What types of natural disasters are common at the boundaries of these tectonic plates?

Pacific Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

500

The _______________________ provides evidence that organisms that are extinct today once existed. It also gives a chronological history for how organisms have evolved in water and on land. 

Fossil Record

500

A ________________ studies volcanoes and volcanic phenomena. They may need to be familiar with plate tectonics in order t o understand their field fully.

Volcanologist