General Science

Question 1

Stream of high-energy particles sent into space

Answer 1

Solar Wind

Question 2

(Northern Hemisphere)

Answer 2

Aurora Borealis

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(Southern Hemisphere

Answer 3

Aurora Australis

Question 4

Storms that look like huge arches; may last several days

Answer 4

Prominences

Question 5

More intense than prominences; lasts only about 15 minutes

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Solar Flares

Question 6

Cool black storm areas

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Sunspots

Question 7

“Dirty snowballs”; heads of ice and rock, tails of dust and gases forced from the head by solar radiation

Answer 7

Comets

Question 8

Chunk of rock or metal smaller than an asteroid

Answer 8

Meteoroid

Question 9

A meteoroid as it burns up in the atmosphere; “Shooting Star”

Answer 9

Meteor

Question 10

A meteoroid that does not completely burn up

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Meteorite

Question 11

Strongest tides; When the sun, moon, and earth are in a straight line; Highest and lowest tides

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Spring Tides

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Weakest tides; when the sun, earth, and moon form a right angle; moderate tides

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Neap Tides

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North star; tip of Little Dipper’s “handle”

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Polaris

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Brightest star in the night sky; “Dog Star”

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Sirius

Question 15

Big bear; Contains the Big Dipper

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Ursa Major

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Little bear; contains the Little Dipper

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Ursa Minor

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Big dog; contains Sirius

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Canis Major

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Little Dog

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Canis Minor

Question 19

The Hunter

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Orion

Question 20

Closest star to Earth but is too small to be seen in the night sky

Answer 20

Proxima Centauri

Question 21

Closest star to Earth that is visible in the night sky

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Alpha Centauri

Question 22

The winged horse

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Pegasus

Question 23

The distance that light travels in one year

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Light Year

Question 24

The galaxy where the solar system is

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Milky Way

Question 25

The explosion of a big star

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Supernova

Question 26

Remains of a supernova explosion with very strong gravity from which nothing can escape

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Black Hole

Question 27

From the crust down to the rigid upper mantle

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Lithosphere

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Plates move away from one another, forming "mid-ocean ridges"

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Divergent

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Plates move toward each other

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Convergent

Question 30

Plates slide past one another, causing "Earthquakes"

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Transform

Question 31

One of the two oceanic plates is subducted into the mantle, magma rises, forming volcanoes, also creates trenches

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Oceanic-oceanic

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The oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle, magma rises, forming mountain ranges usually containing volcanoes

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Oceanic-continental

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Neither plate is fully subducted; the plates are forced into one another, forming tall mountains

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continental-continental

Question 34

he block above the fault has moved downward relative to the block below.

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Normal Dip-Slip

Question 35

a dip-slip fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block.

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Reverse Dip Slip; Thrust Fault

Question 36

a fault on which the two blocks slide past one another.

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Strike-slip

Question 37

"size" of an earthquake, or energy released; measured using the "Richter scale (1-10)

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Magnitude

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Amount of damage; measured using the Mercalli scale (1-12)

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Intensity

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An earthquake's point of origin

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Focus

Question 40

The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus

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Epicenter

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From lava; e.g. granite, basalt

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Igneous

Question 42

From other rocks that were changed due to intense heat and pressure; e.g. marble, slate

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Metamorphic

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From sediments which were eroded to lower places; forms fossils; e.g. sandstone, shale

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Sedimentary

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Fossils in Africa and South America Positions of mountain ranges Glacial Striations Tillites - Glacial sediments buried in rock

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Proof of The Theory of Continental Drift By Alfred Wegener

Question 45

Theory that tectonic plates move; explains continental drift

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Theory of Plate Tectonics

Question 46

The "supercontinent" that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras; broke up into Laurasia in the north and Gondwanaland in the south during the Mesozoic Era

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Pangaea

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Started breaking up into Asia, Europe, and North America during the Cenozoic era

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Laurasia

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Started breaking up into Africa, Australia, Antarctica, and South America during the Mesozoic era

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Gondwanaland

Question 49

Will not run out due to continuous use

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Renewable Energy Sources

Question 50

In danger of running out

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Non-Renewable Energy Sources

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Energy sources that were formed by nature for hundreds of millions of years but which people are exploiting and may run out of in just a few more years

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Fossil Fuels

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The heating up of the earth's surface due to a build-up of greenhouse gases

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Global Warming

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Melting of polar caps Climate change

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Effects of Global Warming

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Air pressure

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Barometer

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Wind speed

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Anemometer

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Humidity

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Hygrometer

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Wind direction

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Wind Vane

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Amount of rainfall

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Rain Gauge

Question 59

Clouds become electrically charged, producing lighting and thunder

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Thunderstorms

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Up to 63km/hr winds

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Tropical Depression

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63-117km/hr winds

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Tropical Storm

Question 62

Pacific ocean origin; 120-350 km/hr winds

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Typhoons

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Atlantic Ocean origin; 120-350 km/hr winds

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Hurricane

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Indian ocean origin; 120-350 km/hr winds

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Cyclone

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small but about 500 km/hr winds

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Tornadoes

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Life forms, weather, densest layer

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Troposphere

Question 67

Ozone layer, airplanes

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Stratosphere

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Coldest, meteors burn up

Answer 68

Mesosphere

Question 69

Ionosphere, hottest

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Thermosphere

Question 70

Man-made satellites

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Exosphere