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Question 0

How far is earth around?

Answer 0

40,000 km (25,000 mi)

Question 1

Example of remote sensing

Answer 1

Electromagnetic radiation (radio waves)

Question 2

What is remote sensing?

Answer 2

When info is gathered but you’re not actually there

Question 2

What is S.O.N.A.R.?

Answer 2

SOund Navigation And Ranging

Question 4

Longitude lines run…

Answer 4

North to south

Question 4

How many GPS satelites does earth have in total?

Answer 4

24

Question 5

Meridians are the same as…

Answer 5

Longitudes

Question 6

Latitude lines are measured…

Answer 6

North to south

Question 7

How far apart are latitudes?

Answer 7

15*

Question 8

What are the uses for radar and sonar?

Answer 8

Military, scientific in astronomy and meteorology

Question 10

Parallels are the same as…

Answer 10

Latitudes

Question 12

How many satelites are needed to get a good GPS reading?

Answer 12

4

Question 13

Who was GPS developed by?

Answer 13

DARPA and maintained by the Air Force

Question 14

What is R.A.D.A.R.?

Answer 14

RAdio Detection And Ranging

Question 15

Longitude lines are measured…

Answer 15

East to west

Question 16

How many orbital planes does earth have?

Answer 16

6

Question 17

Latitude lines run…

Answer 17

East to west

Question 21

How far apart are longitudes?

Answer 21

10*

Question 22

Three causes of natural ice age?

Answer 22

Earth’s orbit, tilt of the Earth, Earth’s wobble

Question 23

How often do ice ages occur?

Answer 23

Every 125,000

Question 24

How large is earth around

Answer 24

40,000 km around (25,000 mi)

Question 25

How far apart are meridians?

Answer 25

10*

Question 26

Formula for density

Answer 26

Volume

Question 27

Density is measured in…

Answer 27

3

Cm

Question 28

Frequency

Answer 28

of waves that pass through a particular point per second

Question 29

Arrangement of electromagnetic radiation according to wavelengths

Answer 29

Electromagnetic spectrum

Question 30

What satelite receives reflected wavelengths pf energy emitted by earths surface?

Answer 30

Landsat satellite

Question 31

What satellite use radar to map features on the oceans floor?

Answer 31

Topex/poseidon satellite

Question 32

Topex stands for

Answer 32

Topography experiment

Question 33

What technology uses sonar to map the ocean floor?

Answer 33

Sea beam

Question 34

Distance in degrees north of south of equator

Answer 34

Latitude

Question 35

Equator is at

Answer 35

0* latitude

Question 36

Prime meridian is at

Answer 36

0* longitude

Question 37

One degree of latitude is equal to

Answer 37

111 km on earth

Question 38

How many time zones does earth have

Answer 38

24

Question 39

How many science classes do you need to graduate?

Answer 39

6 (30 credits)

Question 40

2 branches of geology

Answer 40

Physical and historical

Question 41

If no material will dissolve in a liquid, it is

Answer 41

Saturated

Question 42

How much of earths water is in oceans

Answer 42

97%

Question 43

What meet at both poles?

Answer 43

Longitude and meridians

Question 44

Cycles that cause natural ice ages

Answer 44

Eccentricity Axial tilts Precession

Question 45

Most effective greenhouse gas

Answer 45

Water vapor

Question 46

Father of geology

Answer 46

James hutton

Question 47

States present processes are the same as the ancient processes

Answer 47

Uniformitarianism

Question 48

Castrophism

Answer 48

Sudden change of random intervals

Question 49

Shale is a ___stone because...

Answer 49

Mudstone because it breaks into think layers

Question 50

Law of original horizontality

Answer 50

All rock is originally horizontal

Question 51

Law of superpostition

Answer 51

Soil is built from ground up so oldest material is on bottom newest on top

Question 52

Law of cross cutting

Answer 52

An igneous intrusion or upcoming magma is younger than the layers which it cuts

Question 53

Law of lava flows

Answer 53

A lava flow is younger that which the layers that it covers

Question 54

Man made climate change is caused by

Answer 54

Carbon sinks (resovoirs) becoming co2 in the atmosphere