book #4 and #3 Flashcards

1
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what does emit mean

A

creating light or to give off its own light

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2
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what does reflect mean

A

it is when light bouncing off of things

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3
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what are the names of the layers of the earth’s atmoshpere

A

tropispere, stratosphere, mesoshere, thermophere, ionosphere exosphere

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4
Q

what are three reasons earth can support life

A

liquid water, breathable atmosphere, right tempature

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5
Q

fact about tropisphere

A

weather is formed here

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6
Q

fact about stratosphere

A

ozone layer

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7
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fact about mesosphere

A

protection from meatiors

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8
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fact about thermosphere

A

it is the hottest

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9
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fact about ionosphere

A

electrically charged ions

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10
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fact about exosphere

A

where our sattilites orbit

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11
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why is it harmful to look at the sun and what are 2 methods for viewing the sun

A

uv rays can permanitly damage your eyes and 2 safe methods are a welding mask or a pinhole camera

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12
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why does the sun appear to move across the sky each day

A

because of the earth rotation

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13
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what causes day and night

A

the rotation of the earth

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14
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direct rays and inderect rays

A

direct rays are stong inderect rays are weak

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15
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why are there four seasons

A

it takes a year to make a full rotation of the sun

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16
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when do the spring and fall exinoxis occur when do the summer and winter solctice occur what happens to the amount of day light on each of these dates

A

march 21 and september 21 and june 21 and december 21 is the shortest day of the year june 21 is the longest day of the year march 21 and sept 21 have 12 ours of day and 12 hours of night

17
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what causes solstices and exinox

A

the revolition and tilt of the earth

18
Q

how do seasons compare in the northern and southern hemisphere compare

A

when its summer in canada its winter in africa