yellow nightmare Flashcards
Which term best describes a measure of the amount of space a substance occupies?
Volume
Mass is more useful than weight because
Mass remains constant while weight changes in different locations
You make an object more dense by
decreasing temperature and increasing pressure
As water cools from 10-0 degrees Celsius, density will…
Increase then decrease
Mass is defined as
The amount of matter in an object
A barometric pressure of 1021.0 millibars is equal to how many inches of mercury?
30.15
Air pressure is usually the highest when the air is…
Cold and dry
What sequence causes these events in moist air to effect earths cloud formation?
Rising-Expanding-Cooling-Condensation
Which front has light long lasting precipitation?
Warm front
Which front has short and heavy precipitation?
Cold front
Earths actual shape is…
A slightly oblate spheroid
The action of roots splitting bedrock is an example of…
Physical weathering
Landscapes will undergo the most chemical weathering if the climate is…
Warm and wet
Which rock weathers most rapidly when exposed to rainwater (H2CO3)?
Limestone
Old forge NY is located on..
More resistant bedrock because it is in the mountains
Which rock material is most likely transported to its present location by a glacier?
Unsorted loose gravel found in hills
Which agent of erosion was most likely formed the drumlins and finger lakes in new york state?
Glaciers
The physical properties of minerals result from their…
Internal arrangement of atoms
What is the sequence of change in rock type that occurs as shale is subjected to increasing heat and pressure?
Shale-Slate-Phyllite-Schist-Gniess
Compared to Terrestrial planets the Jovian planets are…
Larger and less dense
Which Planet would float if it was placed in water?
Saturn
The Coriolis effect can best be used to explain….
The deflection of winds to the right in the northern hemisphere
Compared to Jovian planets terrestrial planets have…
Shorter periods of revolution
Definition Of Jovian Planet…
Mainly gaseous, large in size
Definition of terrestrial planet
Mainly rocky, small in size
What type of star is polaris?
Red Giant
Eclipses do not occur every month because..
The moons orbit is tilted slightly to earths orbit
The only month that cannot have a blue moon is..
February
Easter occurs…
After the vernal equinox,on a Sunday, after the first full moon of the spring
During which season in the northern hemisphere is earths orbital velocity the greatest?
Winter
The actual shape of earths orbit around the sun is described as…
a slightly eccentric ellipse
The same side of the moon always faces earth because..
Moons period of rotation is equal to its period of revolution around earth
Geocentric models are based around what planet in the middle?
Earth
The process that produces the energy that is released by stars is?
Nuclear FUsion
The shadow line on the moon that separates lunar day from lunar night is called the..
Terminator
What are good characteristics of a good absorber of electromagnetic energy?
Dark colored,dull,rough
The difference among the forms of electromagnetic energy is their…
wavelength
What type of energy is the same as heat energy?
Infrared Waves
Shortest to longest wavelength?
VIBGYOR
Hot air balloons operate because of
Convection
When you bite into pizza the crust is warm but the cheese and sauce are extremely hot because?
The sauce and the cheese have a lower specific heat than the crust
Heat energy transfer will normally occur between two objects that are close to eachother if the objects have different..
temperatures
When snow is melting the temperature of the snow..
remains the same
During which phase change does water release the most heat energy?
Condensation
Which process requires water to gain 2260 Joules of energy per gram
Vaporization or condensation
Refrigerators keep food cold by
removing heat energy from it
What are three characteristics of a substance with a high albedo?
Light,Shiny,Smooth
The physical properties of minerals result from their…
internal arrangement of atoms
Rocks are classified as igneous,sedimentary or metamorphic based on their..
method of formation
Most metamorphic rocks form when
magma cools slowly deep underground
Which ny city is located at 42 39” N and 73 45” W?
Albany
When polaris is at your zenith you must be..
at your magnetic north pole
How many poles are there on earth?
2
(T.F)The nile river flows backwards?
False
Compared to the weight of a person at the north pole, the weight of a person at the equator would be…
slightly less because the person is farther from the center of earth
which shape best represents earth
a ping pong ball
