Midterm Flashcards
Organizing observations in a meaningful way
Classification
The amount of matter in an object
Mass
The amount of space an object occupies
Volume
As the pressure increases, the density of a substance will…?
Increase
As the temperature increases the density…?
Decreases
Predictable/ repeating pattern
Cyclic
Most substances are densest as a…?
Solid
Is the Equatorial diameter greater than or less than the polar diameter?
Greater
The best model for the shape of the earth is a…?
Ball
The altitude of of Polaris above the horizon is the same as the observers…?
Latitude
Polaris is located above the earths…?
Axis of rotation
You can only see Polaris in the…?
Northern hemisphere
As a persons latitude increases, the altitude of Polaris…?
Increases
If you travel west time becomes___, if you travel east time will___?
West-less
East-increase
The closer the isolines the ____ the slope
Steeper
Hydrosphere
Water/oceans
Lithosphere
Crust
Atmosphere
Layer of gasses
The Red shift and doppler effect is evidence for the
Big Bang theory
Red shift proves that the universe is ____?
Expanding
Most stars spend the majority of their life as a ___?
Main sequence star
Stars get their energy from_____?
Nuclear fusion
The moon has phases because…?
It revolves around the earth
Eclipses only occur at the ___ &___ moon phases?
New and full
A lunar eclipse is when the ____ moon is blocked out
Full
A solar eclipse is when the ____ is blocked out
Sunlight
The greatest duration of of Insolation can only occur at…?
90 degrees N and 90 degrees S
There higher the altitude of the sun the ____ the shadow?
Smaller
Perihelion
earth is closest to the sun
Aphelion
Earth is farthest to the sun
The more circular and object is the ____ eccentric it is
Less
Facts derived from the environment by using the five senses
Observations
