Weather and Climate test 1
solary system ANS:System of planets and other celestial bodies that orbit/revolve around the sun
Heliocentric ANS:Sun is the center of the universe
Geocentric ANS:Earth is the center of the Universe
Terrestrial Planets ANS:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Giant planets ANS:Gas giants- Jupiter and Saturn
Ice giants- Uranus and Neptune
dwarf planet ANS:pluto, does not clear its own orbit
Stars ANS:immense balls of incandescent gas for every one grain of sand on earth there are 10 stars
Sun ANS:Our star
a star dies ANS:supernova explosion
Galaxy ANS:groupings of stars, 100 billion exist in the visible universe each with billions of stars
Milky Way Galaxy ANS:our galaxy
sun to earth ANS:93 million miles - 150 million km - 8 light minutes
light year ANS:the distance light travels in one year (10 trillion km or 6 trillion miles)
moon to earth ANS:1 light second away
geography origin ANS:The greeks separated space and the terrestrial world and the Eratosthenes coined
the work Geography
Geography ANS:the study of spatial and temporal patterns of the earth and its inhabitants
Eratosthenes ANS:coined the word Geography
Questions geographers ask ANS:Where? Why? How?
Human Geography questions ANS:How the people are effected? Was there a warning? Did they follow
the warning? How are people going to prepare warning?
Physical Geography questions ANS:Why did it happen here? What conditions caused it? What time of
day? How often?
Human Georgraphy ANS:study of human interactions with the environment
,Physical Georgraphy ANS:Physical habits
Subfields of physical Geography ANS:geomorphology- study of land forms
climatology/meteorology- weather and climate
soil geography- soil
Marine geography- land forms underneath the ocean
Water resources
Atmosphere sciences are important ANS:1- save lives
2- protect property
Scientific Method ANS:1. observation
2. identify a question
3. gather information
4. hypothesis
5. design and preform experiment
6. analyze experiment and evaluate hypothesis
Hypothesis ANS:A testable potential explanation
Theory ANS:the best explanation and hypothesis that we cannot prove wrong...yet
- generally accepted
- supported by experiments
- not fact not law
Law ANS:- Basic fact
- confirming evidence
- fundamental principals believed to hold true with no exception
System Science ANS:identify what exactly we are studying
systems ANS:are groups of components that work together or 'interact'
Interactions ANS:1. energy 2. mass 3. momentum
, Defining a System ANS:1- list components of a system
2- How they interact with each other
Conservation Law ANS:energy, mass, and momentum cannot be created or destroyed
System types ANS:1. open 2. closed 3. isolated
1. open systems ANS:matter, mass, and momentum cannot be created or destroyed
2. Closed systems ANS:a self contained system with no exchange of matter access to its boundaries
boundaries , only energy can be exchanged ex- clouds
3. Isolated systems ANS:self contained system with no exchange of mater or energy across its
boundaries ex- water bottle
System interface ANS:the boundary where an exchange of energy/matter take place
System equilibrium ANS:any gain must be balances by losses
Earth ANS:follows conservation law, open system. the interface is the atmosphere molecules ties to
Earth
Feedbacks ANS:are a chain of interactions that affect some initial disturbance
positive feedback ANS:positive- amplifies/enhances initial disturbance
Negative ANS:reduces initial disturbance
models ANS:simplified representation of the real world process
Geosphere ANS:Solid Earth
Biospeher ANS:all Earth's Life
Hydrosphere ANS:all water/water cycle
Atmosphere ANS:a thin shell of life sustaining air that surrounds earth
contains- gas, liquids, solids
process- physical, chemical, biological processes
- Formed through a combination of
Physical processes ANS:chemical composition is the same it just looks different and is reversible
chemical process ANS:change into a new substance with a a new chemical identity and not reversible
Biological Process ANS:same as chemical but involved life
solary system ANS:System of planets and other celestial bodies that orbit/revolve around the sun
Heliocentric ANS:Sun is the center of the universe
Geocentric ANS:Earth is the center of the Universe
Terrestrial Planets ANS:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Giant planets ANS:Gas giants- Jupiter and Saturn
Ice giants- Uranus and Neptune
dwarf planet ANS:pluto, does not clear its own orbit
Stars ANS:immense balls of incandescent gas for every one grain of sand on earth there are 10 stars
Sun ANS:Our star
a star dies ANS:supernova explosion
Galaxy ANS:groupings of stars, 100 billion exist in the visible universe each with billions of stars
Milky Way Galaxy ANS:our galaxy
sun to earth ANS:93 million miles - 150 million km - 8 light minutes
light year ANS:the distance light travels in one year (10 trillion km or 6 trillion miles)
moon to earth ANS:1 light second away
geography origin ANS:The greeks separated space and the terrestrial world and the Eratosthenes coined
the work Geography
Geography ANS:the study of spatial and temporal patterns of the earth and its inhabitants
Eratosthenes ANS:coined the word Geography
Questions geographers ask ANS:Where? Why? How?
Human Geography questions ANS:How the people are effected? Was there a warning? Did they follow
the warning? How are people going to prepare warning?
Physical Geography questions ANS:Why did it happen here? What conditions caused it? What time of
day? How often?
Human Georgraphy ANS:study of human interactions with the environment
,Physical Georgraphy ANS:Physical habits
Subfields of physical Geography ANS:geomorphology- study of land forms
climatology/meteorology- weather and climate
soil geography- soil
Marine geography- land forms underneath the ocean
Water resources
Atmosphere sciences are important ANS:1- save lives
2- protect property
Scientific Method ANS:1. observation
2. identify a question
3. gather information
4. hypothesis
5. design and preform experiment
6. analyze experiment and evaluate hypothesis
Hypothesis ANS:A testable potential explanation
Theory ANS:the best explanation and hypothesis that we cannot prove wrong...yet
- generally accepted
- supported by experiments
- not fact not law
Law ANS:- Basic fact
- confirming evidence
- fundamental principals believed to hold true with no exception
System Science ANS:identify what exactly we are studying
systems ANS:are groups of components that work together or 'interact'
Interactions ANS:1. energy 2. mass 3. momentum
, Defining a System ANS:1- list components of a system
2- How they interact with each other
Conservation Law ANS:energy, mass, and momentum cannot be created or destroyed
System types ANS:1. open 2. closed 3. isolated
1. open systems ANS:matter, mass, and momentum cannot be created or destroyed
2. Closed systems ANS:a self contained system with no exchange of matter access to its boundaries
boundaries , only energy can be exchanged ex- clouds
3. Isolated systems ANS:self contained system with no exchange of mater or energy across its
boundaries ex- water bottle
System interface ANS:the boundary where an exchange of energy/matter take place
System equilibrium ANS:any gain must be balances by losses
Earth ANS:follows conservation law, open system. the interface is the atmosphere molecules ties to
Earth
Feedbacks ANS:are a chain of interactions that affect some initial disturbance
positive feedback ANS:positive- amplifies/enhances initial disturbance
Negative ANS:reduces initial disturbance
models ANS:simplified representation of the real world process
Geosphere ANS:Solid Earth
Biospeher ANS:all Earth's Life
Hydrosphere ANS:all water/water cycle
Atmosphere ANS:a thin shell of life sustaining air that surrounds earth
contains- gas, liquids, solids
process- physical, chemical, biological processes
- Formed through a combination of
Physical processes ANS:chemical composition is the same it just looks different and is reversible
chemical process ANS:change into a new substance with a a new chemical identity and not reversible
Biological Process ANS:same as chemical but involved life
