THESE CARDS ARE IN THEMATIC ORDER
INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE
4 Main Branches of Earth Science
Geology
the unit will be in capital letters
Geology, Astronomy, Meteorology, Oceanography
The study of the materials that make up the earth's surface (R…
THESE CARDS ARE IN THEMATIC ORDER
the unit will be in capital letters
INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE
THESE CARDS ARE IN THEMATIC ORDER
INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE
4 Main Branches of Earth Science
Geology
the unit will be in capital letters
Geology, Astronomy, Meteorology, Oceanography
The study of the materials that make up the earth's surface (R…
THESE CARDS ARE IN THEMATIC ORDER
the unit will be in capital letters
INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE
1. The same objects have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
1. The same objects have the
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
Density remains the same regardless of…
Density (increases or decreases) when p…
As temperature increases, density (incr…
Water (contracts or expands) when it fr…
Pressure and temperature are constant
Increases
Decreases
Expands
Density remains the same regardless of…
Pressure and temperature are constant
Density (increases or decreases) when p…
Increases
1. The same objects have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
1. The same objects have the
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
anemometer
arid
autumnal equinox
big-bang
instrument used to determine wind speed.
climates that are extremely dry with low precipitation
September 23, when the sun's direct rays are at the equator, e…
the universe was created about 15 billion years ago
anemometer
instrument used to determine wind speed.
arid
climates that are extremely dry with low precipitation
Density is
As temperature increases, molecules...…
As temperature increases, density
As pressure increases...
How close or compact the molecules are
spread out... increases (direct relationship)
decreases (inverse relationship)
Molecules move closer together and density increases ... (direct…
Density is
How close or compact the molecules are
As temperature increases, molecules...…
spread out... increases (direct relationship)
Greenhouse gases
Conduction
Convection
Condensation
carbon dioxide, water vapor , methane
the transfer of heat energy from atom to atom or molecule to m…
the transfer of heat energy by circulatory movement in fluids(…
the change in state or phase from gas to liquid such as when w…
Greenhouse gases
carbon dioxide, water vapor , methane
Conduction
the transfer of heat energy from atom to atom or molecule to m…
1. The same objects have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
1. The same objects have the
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
angle of insolation
barometer
climate
duration of insolation
The angle at which the sun's rays strike the earths surface... I…
an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period o…
length of time from sunrise to sunset that the sun is in the s…
angle of insolation
The angle at which the sun's rays strike the earths surface... I…
barometer
an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure
1. The same materials have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
1. The same materials have the
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
Density is
As temperature increases, molecules...…
As temperature increases, density
As pressure increases...
How close or compact the molecules are
spread out... increases (direct relationship)
decreases (inverse relationship)
Molecules move closer together and density increases ... (direct…
Density is
How close or compact the molecules are
As temperature increases, molecules...…
spread out... increases (direct relationship)
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere
Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Winter in the Northern Hemisphere
Winter in the Southern Hemisphere
North Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of Ca…
South Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of Ca…
North Pole tilted AWAY from Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of…
South Pole tilted AWAY from Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of…
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere
North Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of Ca…
Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
South Pole tilted TOWARD Sun; Direct light on the Tropic of Ca…
1. The same objects have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
1. The same objects have the
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
Abrasion
Absolute Age
Air Mass
Air Pressure
Form of physical weathering caused by friction between rock pa…
Age of a rock unit OR A fossil
Large body of air
Effect of the weight of atmosphere pressing on a given surface…
Abrasion
Form of physical weathering caused by friction between rock pa…
Absolute Age
Age of a rock unit OR A fossil
Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Carbonation
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by mechanical o…
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into…
The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes; ch…
carbon dioxide forms with water to make carbonic acid, which d…
Weathering
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by mechanical o…
Mechanical Weathering
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into…
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: Nort…
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: O…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24…
1. The same objects have the
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
same density (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
1. The same objects have the
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: Nort…
2. The closer isolines are...
Classification
Cyclic Change
Density
Dynamic Equilibrium
The process of grouping things based on their similarities
an orderly change in the environment; events happen over again…
the concentration of matter in an object; the mass in a specif…
when opposing forces balance each other out, such as evaporati…
Classification
The process of grouping things based on their similarities
Cyclic Change
an orderly change in the environment; events happen over again…
Density remains the same regardless of…
Density (increases or decreases) when p…
As temperature increases, density (incr…
Water (contracts or expands) when it fr…
Pressure and temperature are constant
Increases
Decreases
Expands
Density remains the same regardless of…
Pressure and temperature are constant
Density (increases or decreases) when p…
Increases
Minutes
Density=
Index Fossils
Traits of index fossils
There are 60 of these in a latitude/longitude degree.
Mass/Volume
Fossils that can be used to identify a rock layer's age.
Lived everywhere and for a short period of time.
Minutes
There are 60 of these in a latitude/longitude degree.
Density=
Mass/Volume
till
drumlin
continental glacier
valley glacier
An unsorted and unstratified accumulation of glacial sediment,…
A hill shaped deposit of till. The shape of these features res…
a glacier that covers a large part of a continent and can smoo…
A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up i…
till
An unsorted and unstratified accumulation of glacial sediment,…
drumlin
A hill shaped deposit of till. The shape of these features res…
1. What will happen to an objects densi…
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
The density will remain the same (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day... (360 d…
1. What will happen to an objects densi…
The density will remain the same (NO MATTER WHAT SIZE)
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
2. The closer isolines are...
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
4. The Earth rotates
5. Latitude lines run... Longitude lines r…
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
West to east... 15 degrees per hour... in 24 hours or one day
east-west, but measure north or south of the equator... north-sou…
2. The closer isolines are...
the steeper the gradient... (diagram: North side is steepest)
3. The altitude of Polaris equals...
the latitude of the observer... Diagram: Observer's altitude = 66…
abrasion
adiabatic change
air mass
altitude
the wearing away of rock material that results when one rock p…
the change in temperature of a gas caused by expansion or comp…
a large area in the atmosphere in which the temperature and mo…
the angle between the line of sight to a star and the horizon;…
abrasion
the wearing away of rock material that results when one rock p…
adiabatic change
the change in temperature of a gas caused by expansion or comp…