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ES SOL review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are asteroids ? | pieces of a broken planet and are found in the Asteroid Belt which is between Mars and Jupiter. |
| what is the order of the planets ? | from the Sun is 1. Mercury, 2. Venus, 3. Earth, 4. Mars, 5. Jupiter, 6. Saturn, 7. Uranus, 8. Neptune. |
| what is the definition of 'Solstice' | it is when the sun is at its most northern point (over Tropic of Cancer) or at its most southern point (over Tropic of Cancer) |
| what is 'Permeability' | it is the measure of the ability of a rock or sediment to allow water to transport (pass) through it |
| what are watersheds. | it is the land that is drained by a river system. |
| what is the 'lithosphere' | it is composed of the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle. |
| what is a 'fossil' | it is the remains, impression or other evidence preserved in rocks of the existence of former life. |
| how old is the earth ? | 4.6 billion years old |
| is there tectonic plate activity on Mars and Mercury? | No |
| what are contour lines | they connect points of equal elevation and make closed circles |
| what is latitude | it is horizontal lines on a map that measure distance north or south of the Equator. |
| what is longitude | it is vertical lines on a map that measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. |
| what are 'profiles' | they are side views of land on a topographic map |
| what is a 'hypothesis' | it is a testable statement (If…then) about the problem |
| how was the Chesapeake bay created | an asteroid or comet struck 35 MYA |
| what is the lithosphere | it is composed of the crust and the upper portion of the upper mantle. |
| what is a volcano ? | it is an opening where magma erupts onto the Earth’s Surface. |
| what is a fault | it is a break or crack in the Earth’s crust along which movement has occurred. |
| what is a transform boundary ? | where plates are sliding past each other, |
| what does strike-slip faults produce ? | strike-slip faults produce earthquakes. (San Andreas Fault) |
| describe the coastal plain | is a flat area composed of young unconsolidated sediments underlain by older crystalline (igneous and metamorphic) basement rock |
| describe the Piedmont region | it is an area of rolling hills underlain by ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks. The igneous rocks were formed from ancient episodes of subduction of plates prior to the formation of the Appalachians. |
| what separates the Coastal Plain and Piedmont region ? | Fall Line |
| describe the Blue Ridge region | it is a narrow mountain range (ridge) that separates the Piedmont from the Valley and Ridge province |
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