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SCI 225 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Inquiry - Answer✔Learning science by doing science.
What can we relate all earth science and life standards to? - Answer✔Climate change.
How to teach climate change? - Answer✔Contextual learning and inquiry.
Hypothesis - Answer✔A possible explanation.
Nature of Science (NOS) - Answer✔Explanations of phenomenons, a way of knowing through
gaining knowledge, based on evidenced tentative yet durable. "rules to the game"
Weather - Answer✔day-to-day atmospheric conditions, including temperature, precipitation,
and other factors. EX: hurricane, heatwave and snowstorm.
Climate - Answer✔Regional atmospheric conditions over a long period of time. "average"
weather throughout the year. More predictable and constant. EX: Snow in January and hot in
July.
Latitudinal Distribution - Answer✔General decrease from equator to poles. EX: Climate,
temperature, and precipitation.
Influences on Climate - Answer✔Ocean currents, wind patterns, mountains and proximity to
water.
Biome - Answer✔Global associations of plants and animals, largely determined by climate,
primarily temperature and precipitation.
Relationship between weather and climate - Answer✔Both are atmospheric conditions at a
certain period of time. Based on climate we can predict the weather and vice versa (back and
fourth relationship). EX: We know in July it will be warm because of the climate, so any day in
July we can go outside and it should be warm.
Relationship between climate and biomes - Answer✔Biomes are in specific climates. Climate
determines biomes while biomes can also influence the climate (back and fourth relationship).
EX:
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What are the 4 main earth systems? - Answer✔Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and
Geosphere
What makes up a system? - Answer✔Interacting components, more complex than the sum of it
parts, boundaries, inputs and outputs, and contains subsystems.
What does the sun do? - Answer✔It powers the climate system (the main source of energy).
What is albedo? - Answer✔the reflectivity of a surface (darker - less albedo lighter - more
albedo)
Explain the greenhouse effect - Answer✔The sun gives off solar radiation, some is absorbed
(2/3), what is absorbed is then emitted as infrared radiation, the infrared get absorbed by
greenhouse gasses and lastly it gets emitted again slowing the release of heat from the earth.
Results = Earth is warm.
Greenhouse gasses - Answer✔They have different resident times. example: Carbon Dioxide -
30-95 years. Water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane. Some are more powerful than others.
Earths Atmosphere - Answer✔Has structure but is relatively thin. Nitrogen - 78.1%, Oxygen -
20.9%, Argon - 0.9%, Carbon Dioxide - 413 ppm, and others - 0.065%.
Molecular models - Answer✔Molecules are made of atoms.
Effects of volcanoes on solar radiation - Answer✔They block the ability for solar radiation to
reach the earth resulting in less solar radiation in that area. Short term effect: Blocks sun and
cools the area. Long term effect: Greenhouse gasses (co2 and h2o) and warming of the area.
Thermohaline circulation - Answer✔An oceanic circulation pattern that brings water from the
equator (warm) towards the poles/europe (colder).
Salinity of water - Answer✔The saltier the water the more dense it is (sinks). Fresh water will
float on top of salt water because it is less dense.
Temperature of water - Answer✔Warm water is less dense (because the particles are always
jumping/moving around) than cold water therefore cold water sinks and warm water floats.
How does thermohaline influence climate? - Answer✔Ocean thermohaline redistributes heat
around the globe. This can affect a climate because warm water is bring pushed towards the
poles which makes England warmer because warm water is being brought there.
Theory - Answer✔Theories explain, built upon hypothesis
Alfred Wegener - Answer✔Purposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. Came up with
Pangea. He was able to point out closely related fossils, rock types, and erratics that were the
SCI 225 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers 100% Verified.
Inquiry - Answer✔Learning science by doing science.
What can we relate all earth science and life standards to? - Answer✔Climate change.
How to teach climate change? - Answer✔Contextual learning and inquiry.
Hypothesis - Answer✔A possible explanation.
Nature of Science (NOS) - Answer✔Explanations of phenomenons, a way of knowing through
gaining knowledge, based on evidenced tentative yet durable. "rules to the game"
Weather - Answer✔day-to-day atmospheric conditions, including temperature, precipitation,
and other factors. EX: hurricane, heatwave and snowstorm.
Climate - Answer✔Regional atmospheric conditions over a long period of time. "average"
weather throughout the year. More predictable and constant. EX: Snow in January and hot in
July.
Latitudinal Distribution - Answer✔General decrease from equator to poles. EX: Climate,
temperature, and precipitation.
Influences on Climate - Answer✔Ocean currents, wind patterns, mountains and proximity to
water.
Biome - Answer✔Global associations of plants and animals, largely determined by climate,
primarily temperature and precipitation.
Relationship between weather and climate - Answer✔Both are atmospheric conditions at a
certain period of time. Based on climate we can predict the weather and vice versa (back and
fourth relationship). EX: We know in July it will be warm because of the climate, so any day in
July we can go outside and it should be warm.
Relationship between climate and biomes - Answer✔Biomes are in specific climates. Climate
determines biomes while biomes can also influence the climate (back and fourth relationship).
EX:
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What are the 4 main earth systems? - Answer✔Atmosphere, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and
Geosphere
What makes up a system? - Answer✔Interacting components, more complex than the sum of it
parts, boundaries, inputs and outputs, and contains subsystems.
What does the sun do? - Answer✔It powers the climate system (the main source of energy).
What is albedo? - Answer✔the reflectivity of a surface (darker - less albedo lighter - more
albedo)
Explain the greenhouse effect - Answer✔The sun gives off solar radiation, some is absorbed
(2/3), what is absorbed is then emitted as infrared radiation, the infrared get absorbed by
greenhouse gasses and lastly it gets emitted again slowing the release of heat from the earth.
Results = Earth is warm.
Greenhouse gasses - Answer✔They have different resident times. example: Carbon Dioxide -
30-95 years. Water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane. Some are more powerful than others.
Earths Atmosphere - Answer✔Has structure but is relatively thin. Nitrogen - 78.1%, Oxygen -
20.9%, Argon - 0.9%, Carbon Dioxide - 413 ppm, and others - 0.065%.
Molecular models - Answer✔Molecules are made of atoms.
Effects of volcanoes on solar radiation - Answer✔They block the ability for solar radiation to
reach the earth resulting in less solar radiation in that area. Short term effect: Blocks sun and
cools the area. Long term effect: Greenhouse gasses (co2 and h2o) and warming of the area.
Thermohaline circulation - Answer✔An oceanic circulation pattern that brings water from the
equator (warm) towards the poles/europe (colder).
Salinity of water - Answer✔The saltier the water the more dense it is (sinks). Fresh water will
float on top of salt water because it is less dense.
Temperature of water - Answer✔Warm water is less dense (because the particles are always
jumping/moving around) than cold water therefore cold water sinks and warm water floats.
How does thermohaline influence climate? - Answer✔Ocean thermohaline redistributes heat
around the globe. This can affect a climate because warm water is bring pushed towards the
poles which makes England warmer because warm water is being brought there.
Theory - Answer✔Theories explain, built upon hypothesis
Alfred Wegener - Answer✔Purposed the theory of continental drift in 1912. Came up with
Pangea. He was able to point out closely related fossils, rock types, and erratics that were the
