CH 25.3/25.4

Question 1

what is the boundary that marks the density change between layers?

Answer 1

discontinuity

Question 2

how can discontinuity be identified?

Answer 2

seismic waves

Question 3

what is the shadow zone?

Answer 3

the area where no siesmic waves are recorded

Question 4

what is another term for shadow zone?

Answer 4

dead zone

Question 5

between which 2 degrees do shadow zones fall?

Answer 5

105/140

Question 6

is the otter core a solid or liquid?

Answer 6

liquid

Question 7

is the inner core a solid or liquid? why?

Answer 7

its a solid because of the pressure.

Question 8

what makes up the lithosphere?

Answer 8

the crust in the upper most mantel.

Question 9

what is the athenosphere made up of?

Answer 9

plastic like layer upon which eathers plates move on

Question 10

which elements make up the mantel?

Answer 10

calcium,Aluminum and magnesium

Question 11

which elements make up the core?

Answer 11

iron and nickle

Question 12

long term average of weather conditions.

Answer 12

what is climate?

Question 13

day to day outside conditions

Answer 13

what is weather?

Question 14

atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere,and cryosphere

Answer 14

what 5 spheres make up the earths system

Question 15

the air around us.

Answer 15

what is the atmosphere?

Question 16

everything organic (living)

Answer 16

what is the biosphere?

Question 17

liquid water

Answer 17

what is the hydrosphere?

Question 18

frozen water in snow, ice, and glaciers

Answer 18

what is the cryosphere?

Question 19

Eather’s outermost layer

Answer 19

what is the lithosphere?

Question 20

latitude

Answer 20

what is the primary factor that influences climate at any location?

Question 21

at the equator

Answer 21

at which location does earth recent the most intense solar radiation

Question 22

90 degrees

Answer 22

at what degrees does the suns rays hit earth in the tropic zone?

Question 23

45 degrees

Answer 23

what degrees does the sun rays hit earths surface in the temperate zone?

Question 24

30 degrees

Answer 24

what degrees does sun rays hit earth in the polar zones?

Question 25

temperate

Answer 25

what zones does Lamar Colorado fall in?

Question 26

precipitation mountains water

Answer 26

what are other factor that determain climate?

Question 27

the air is cool and wet and there is a lot of vegetation

Answer 27

what is it like on a windward side of a mountain?

Question 28

air is warm and dry little to no vegetation

Answer 28

what is it like on a leeward side of a mountain?

Question 29

air blowing from land toward the water and it happens at night

Answer 29

what is land breeze?

Question 30

in Lamar co. what type of climate zone are we i and what kinda of vegetation?

Answer 30

climate zone-warm semi-air | vegetation-grassland

Question 31

objects mass and the distance between them.

Answer 31

what are 2 factors that affect gravitational pull?

Question 32

the equator

Answer 32

which diameter earth ,holds a pole or Equator,is the greatest?

Question 33

harmful radiation

Answer 33

what does the magnetic field

Question 34

south magnetic pole

Answer 34

which magnetic pole is located in the northern hemisphere?

Question 35

11.7 degrees

Answer 35

at what degrees is earth tilted at?

Question 36

yes

Answer 36

does the magnetic pole reverse? (flip flop)

Question 37

magnetic reversal

Answer 37

what is the large scale movement called where the magnetic poles reverse?

Question 38

every 200,000 years

Answer 38

how often do magnetic reversals occurs?

Question 39

780,000 years ago

Answer 39

how long ago was the last magnetic reversal?

Question 40

Magnetosphere

Answer 40

what part of earths magnetic field deflects harmful radiation from the sun?

Question 41

northern-aurora borealis | southern- aurora australis

Answer 41

what are the 2 scientific names of the northern and southern lights?

Question 42

electrically charged particles collide with atoms in the air

Answer 42

how are the auroras created?

Question 43

January

Answer 43

what month are we closest to the sun?

Question 44

July

Answer 44

which month are we furthest from the sun