Earth and space science final flashcards

What is the crack in the ocean floor through which magma rises

According to Wagner what happened about 250 million years ago

Tectonic plates are blocks of

At the center of a mid Ocean Ridge is a

The composition of Earth's interior affects

Which scale most accurately measure the magnitude of large earthquakes

If you are in the car during an earthquake you should

What happens to a tsunami  as a move towards the shore

If you are indoors during earthquake you should

Which of the following is not a cause of tsunamis

If you're indoors during an earthquake you should

How does the structure of ours interior affect seismic waves

Which of the following usually studies to forecast earthquakes

Why do earthquakes occur at the plate boundaries

S waves are also known as

Fault zones from at plate boundaries because

What forms on the ocean floor in a subduction zone

Volcanic eruptions may be signaled by

Large D pression forms by the collapse of a volcanic cone is called a

Volcanic ash dust,blocks ,bombs and lapillallure all

The eruption of Mount Saint Helens was

Three events that might signal a volcanic eruption are changes in earthquake activity volcano surface bulges and

Modern oceanography began with

Most mid ocean ridges form

A piece of sediment collected by drilling is

The most common compound in organic sediments are

To calculate the Depth of the ocean floor with sonar scientist measure

The source of most calcium carbonate in biogenic sediments is

Most oxygen enters the ocean from

What is called the foundation of life in the ocean

The ocean is the main source of trace minerals

Most offshore oil and petroleum deposits are found

In addition to increased use of toxic chemicals what has reduced the ocean ability to renew itself

Trace elements in the ocean are those minerals that are

In addition to limiting the use of the leading gasoline what has the United States done to reduce ocean pollution

Volcanic eruption chemical weathering of rock and land and chemical reactions between seawater and newly formed sea floor rock provide most of raw elements have formed this dissolved solids in the ocean

Woccurs outed a tidal bore occur

The curving of the path of ocean currents and wind belts is called

The fourth of causes tides is

very large are usually the result of

And the tropical latitude trade wind belts push currents

Sand bars are formed by

I was Lower layers of are warmed

What air masses generally move eastward toward Europe

A large body of air throughout which temperatures and moisture content are similar is a

Continental polar maritime polar continental chop it and maritime tropical are types of

Doppler radar and satellite images provide information to create

A pattern of meteorology  symbols that represent the weather at a particular observing station is a

When air moves slowly it takes on the temperature and humidity of its region becoming an

Lines that connect point of equal temperature on a weather map is called

An air mass that originates in the Pacific or at Atlantic Ocean and brings warm moist air is called

What weather affects results when a moving air mass hit a mountain rises cools and loses most of its moisture through precipitation

Which of these climates are characterized by dense lush vegetation border leaf plants and high biodiversity

Climate does not change as a result of

Which of the following is not an impact of climate changes

The average weather conditions for an area over a long period of time is referred as the areas

Tree rings have been used to measure

What is the name of climate of a small area

Which of the following may decrease temperatures by reflecting sunlight back into space

When air masses encounter a mountain range the air mass

What do high levels of carbon dioxide and ice core indicate

Computer climate models called incorporate millions of pieces of data and help  sort complex set of variables are called

What do fossils of flower pollen and plans with borderlies indicate

What characteristics do the tropical savanna and tropical rain forest climate share

What climate zone has an annual rainfall of less than 25 cm

Specific heat is the mom of energy needed to change the temperature of 1 g of substance by

A telescope that uses a set of loans to gather a focus light from distant objects is called

Hey consolation change in position over several hours it's called a

The northern hemisphere has the most hours of daylight have to

A light year equals

Invisible electromagnetic radiation was discovered with a

One line of evidence of revolution around the sun is

What problem is solved by sending telescopes into space

About 99% of all matter contained in the solar nebula now exist in

Two and a planet most like in size mass and density are

The early atmosphere developed by when volcanic eruptions released  large amounts of gases into process called

A rotating  cloud of gas and dust from which a solar system formed is called a

Uranus axis

When fast-moving planets past slow-moving planet in their orbit why does it appear as the planets that orbit More slowly than Earth are moving backward

The astroid belt can before between which two planets

Small bodies from which routines Originated during the early formation of the solar system are called

And engineer examining Photos discovered volcanoes on

Many comments in the Kuiper belt are the result of

Tourist sticks of Ganymede  need and Callisto are respectively

Where is the Kuiper belt located

Most of the suns energy is a result of

Aurora the Frequently seen

This is a duty which of the following is not a Solar ejection

Sunspots very any cycle that last about

Elinstein equation e= mc²  helps scientists understand The suns energy because of the equation

Scientists break up the suns sunlight into spectrum using a device called

magneticMag magnetic fields on the sun are produced by the suns un even rotation and

How long would a start with the sense Masthay on the main sequence

After since you're rising to 1000 million degrees Celsius a protostar becomes a star one

What is quasar

whatWhat is apparent magnitude

An elliptical galaxy

Astronomers believe that cosmic background radition formed

The big bang occurred about

The temperature of cosmic background radiation is