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Question | Answer |
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why does comets tail points away from the sun | solar winds |
what can be mistaken for fools gold | pyrite |
which of these is most likely to occur after water is cooled form its dew point | water condenses |
metamorphic with a band look is | defoliated |
what process occurs in the coastal plain of Virginia | erosion and deposition |
what best describes forest soil | more organic soil |
what is the best estimate for how long it takes a sedimentary rock from forming | calculating the age of top and bottom layer |
what describes the area immediately below a water table | zone of saturation |
what is zone or aeration | above the water table |
why is seawater denser than fresh water | higher sanity |
what describes the composition of a nebulae | cloud dust and gas |
what describes the way a material is added to a continental shelf | deposition of continental sediments |
what would be the best tools to measure density | graduated cylinder and a balance |
what is red shift and blue shift | what scientist use to determine how far it is |
blue shift | it is moving away from us |
red shift | moving near us |
what absorbs and releases heat faster than water | sand |
heating up by direct contact is what (sand heating the air above it) | conduction |
heating something up from a distance (sun heating earth from a distance) | radiation |
out of global winds and local winds what is made by unequal heating of the earth | global winds and local winds |
what way does a sea breeze blow | from sea to land |
what way does a land breeze blow | from land to sea |
during what two seasons do we get the most tornadoes | spring and summer |
what layer of the atmosphere contains the O-ZONE | stratosphere |
what layer of the atmosphere is where water vapor clouds and weather happens | troposphere |
atmosphere temperature changes by what | the different types not bye altitude |
what is he earths atmosphere make up | 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen |
warm air rising and cold air sinking is what type of heat transfer | convection |
conduction | heat being transferred via solid material |
radiation | heat being transferred through electromagnetic waves |
convection | heat being transferred through liquid and gases |
a light year measures? | distance |
minerals are crystalline which means they | have a repeating pattern of atoms |
hubbles law indicates | all galaxies are moving away from us and are red shifted |
the deflection of planetary winds Coriolis force is a result of | the rotation of the earth |
what is the san andreas fault | transform (fault) |
according to the main sequence rule as a star gets warmer the luminosity | increases |
the oceanic crust is composed primarily of what kind of rock | basalt |
erosion | transport/movement |
weathering | breaking down |
deposition | settling/laying down |
edges of a lithosphere plates are defined as | frequent seismic activity area earthquakes volcanoes etc are here |
what element composes 47% of the earths crust | oxygen |
absolute dating uses | carbon dating |