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1. The Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by ___________ coming together
Snowmelt
Inertia
freshwater springs
Convergent tectonic plates
2. The degrees north or south of the equator
Weather phenomena on earth
Latitude
Fossils
snow
3. Deviates by an angle of approximately 23.5 degrees - Thus - at any given time during summer or winter - one part of the planet is more directly exposed to the rays of the sun - This exposure alternates as the earth revolves in its orbit
Weathering
El Nino
Axis tilt
Planets
4. Evaporation often implicitly includes ___________ from plants - although together they are specifically referred to as evapotranspiration
Maritime air
El Nino and La Nina
Convergent tectonic plates
Transpiration
5. Takes approx. seven and a half earth months to revolve around the sun - Takes approx. eight earth months to rotate on its axis - a day on ________ is longer than a year
Venus
29.5
Chemical weathering
Sedimentation
6. Sun heats water in the oceans - Water evaporates as vapor into the air - Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor...- Over time - the water reenters the ocean - where the water cycle started
Long linear arcs
Hydrologic cycle
Strata
Full moon
7. A land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area - with a peak - Usually produced by the movement of lithospheric plates
Axis tilt
groundwater discharge
Nuclear fusion
Mountain
8. Mountains blocking the path of precipitation to the desert
Convergent plate movements
Rain shadow
jet stream
The most abundant minerals in the crust
9. Solar Atmosphere is divided into the inner chromosphere with explosive prominences and the outer corona - a glowing halo visible only during a total eclipse - Constantly emitting particles as a...
The big bang theory of cosmology
Solar wind
lower elevation
Colder
10. (or summer time zones) include an offset (typically +1 hour) for daylight saving time
Daylight saving time zones
Tides
Troposhere
Rainfall
11. Smooth layers of low clouds that indicate a chance of drizzle or snow
Comet
clouds
- mP
Stratus clouds
12. Weather occurs primarily due to density (temperature and moisture) differences between one location and another - These differences can occur due to the angle of the sun at any particular spot - which varies by latitude from the tropics
Crustal rocks
Why weather occurs
Sunspots
Speed of light
13. The stress is particularly severe in _________ - which are characterized by volcanism - metamorphism - deformation - and uplift
Orogenic zones
Stratus clouds
Geology
Lithosphere
14. Human civilization has lasted only _____ years
Chaotic system
Lunar eclipse
10000
lower elevation
15. The breakdown of rocks - soils and minerals through atmospheric chemicals or biologically produced chemicals (also known as biological weathering)
Chemical weathering
Inertia
Solar wind
Seasonal weather differences between hemispheres
16. Can influence climate by sending tremendous volumes of dust - ash - and smoke into the atmosphere
Maritime air
Altostratus clouds
Cataclysmic volcanic eruptions
The Gulf - Stream
17. Comprises one global - interconnected body of salt water often (though generally recognized as several separate oceans) - A continuous body of water with relatively free interchange among its parts
Distance
Block mountains or fold mountains
World/global ocean
Coral reef
18. Less than 1% of the earth; this relatively thin zone (5 to 25 miles) contains the only rocks we can study - even in the deepest mines or drill holes
Crust
Small islands
Sedimentary rocks
Snow packs
19. Rocks are placed into groups according to how they form...
Crust
Andromeda galaxy
Sedimentary - igneous - metamorphic
The geological time scale
20. Paleontology: Fossil evidence indicates the similarity of fossils on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean - Continental 'jigsaw puzzle': The outlines of the continents seem to fit together
Polar air
Chemical weathering
The big bang theory of cosmology
Examples to support Continental drift theory
21. Piled in waves and indicate rain or snow
Soil
Gravity and inertia
The big bang theory of cosmology
Altostratus clouds
22. Characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the same area - Atlanta tropical cyclone activity is generally enhanced during La Nina - Often follows the El Nino - especially when the latter is strong
Evaporation
The equator
La Nina
Hydrologic cycle
23. A major determiner of coastal climate
Surface ocean temperature
Styles of rock deformation
Sun's gravity
Differential heating
24. The sun is not at the center of the disk - but out toward the perimeter - and is revolving around the ________
Evapotranspiration
11
50-100
Galactic center
25. A continuous drill would find gas - oil - and water in that order - The three substances occur in their order of density - with the lightest substance on top and the heaviest on the bottom
Sun
Limestone
Axis tilt
Petroleum exploration
26. The difference between levels of ocean water at high and low tides
Daylight saving time zones
Axis tilt
snow
Tidal range
27. The science of the atmosphere and weather
Lithosphere and the asthenosphere
Meteorology
Galactic center
snow
28. Typically the tidal mouths of rivers and are often characterized by _____________ or silt carried in from terrestrial runoff - frequently from offshore
Sedimentation
Transpiration
Geology
Solar eclipse
29. Volcanoes are also found in __________ - where the denser oceanic plates are forced under continental plates; this adds massive volumes of water to the mantle - allowing magma to melt more readily and rise to the surface to form volcanoes
Subduction zones
Mantle
Climate
Ice Age
30. Due to a combination of differential heating and geometry - hen the sun rises - it is the tops of the mountain peaks which receive first light - and as the day progresses - the mountain slopes take on a greater heat load than the valleys - This resul
Examples to support Continental drift theory
clouds
11
Mountain breezes and valley breezes
31. Maritime polar (wet - cold air)
- mP
Mohs' scale of hardness
Valley breeze
groundwater discharge
32. Scientists theorize that massive volcanic eruptions on a global scale contributed to the earth's cooling - resulting in the onset of the...
Lithosphere
Mechanical/physical weathering
Conglomerates
Ice Age
33. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as...
freshwater springs
Neap tide/neaps
Solar radiation
Fossils
34. Distance to closest stars can be calculated by measuring the _________ - a slight shift in apparent position against the background of more distant stars as the earth travels around the sun
Chemical sedimentary rocks
Parallax
Sun and oceans' affect on weather
Semidiurnal or diurnal
35. How much matter is in the object
Erosion and land use
Surface temperature differences
Time zone
Density
36. Stars with the highest ___________ appear blue - while stars with the lowest surface temperature appear red
Tropical air
Valley breeze
- cT
Surface temperature
37. The degrees east or west of the prime meridian through Greenwich - England
Limestone
Longitude
Winter solstice
Law of original horizontality
38. A huge ball of incandescent gases - Its mass is more than 300000 times that of the earth - Principal constituents are the lightest elements - hydrogen and helium
Sedimentary rocks
Rain shadow
- cT
Sun
39. The lateral movement of the plates is typically at speeds of ___ mm annually
Long linear arcs
Weight and mass
50-100
Colder
40. Sedimentary rocks containing large fragments of other rock material - e.g. Sandstone
Conglomerates
El Nino
Weather phenomena on earth
Cumulonibus clouds
41. Occur along plate boundaries
Earthquakes - volcanic activity - mountain - building - and oceanic trench formation
Full moon
Mechanical/physical weathering
Continental air
42. Maritime tropical (wet - warm air)
Examples to support Continental drift theory
- mT
Volcano
Solar radiation
43. A semi - closed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it - and with a free connection to the open sea - Often associated with high levels of biological diversity - They are made up of brackish water - Often given names
Estuary
Lithosphere
Earth's crust
Continental drift
44. Forms over land and is associated with dry air
larger planet
3/4
Neap tide/neaps
Continental air
45. A small Solar System body that orbits the Sun - When close enough to the sun - exhibits a visible coma (atmosphere) or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus - Have a variety of different orbital periods
Comet
Planets
Weight and mass
The rock cycle
46. Occur twice a year - when the tilt of the earth's axis is oriented neither from nor to the sun - causing the sun to be located vertically above a point on the equator - The name derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night) - because at the e
Sublimation
Equinoxes
Strata
Planets
47. 186000 miles/second
Speed of light
Precipitation
Estuary
10000
48. A warm - water current that carries warm water from the Tropics to the Arctic regions of the North Atlantic Ocean - This accounts for higher temperatures and higher humidity on the Eastern Seaboard during the summer
clouds
Rain shadow
lower
The Gulf - Stream
49. Continental tropical (dry - warm air)
Rock salt
Galaxies
Evapotranspiration
- cT
50. Occurs when the moon sets at sunset - Then the moon is between the earth and the sun - so we see only the dark half of the moon
Tidal range
New moon
Mantle plumes
Transpiration
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