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What are the 3 main
processes in the
Water Cycle?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
What causes the
seasons?
Tilt of Earth’s axis
2 Pointer!!!
What is the
distribution of
Earth’s water from
greatest to least? (5)
1.Salt water
2.Frozen ice
3.Groundwater
4.Surface water
5.Water vapor
Where does the
Earth receive the
most direct sunlight?
The least?
Most = Equator
Least = Poles
Is Earth’s water
steadily increasing,
decreasing, or
staying in balance?
Earth’s water stays in
balance
When an object spins
on an axis it’s called
what?
Rotation
Why does Earth’s water
stay in balance?
(Think of two
processes in the water
cycle)
The rate of
evaporation is equal
to rate of
precipitation.
When one object
moves around
another object it is
called what?
Revolution
What process takes
place when liquid water
absorbs enough energy
to change into water
vapor?
Evaporation
What makes the Earth
have day and night?
Rotation on its axis
What process
happens when water
vapor cools and
changes to liquid
water?
Condensation
Why does the moon
appear to go through
phases?
Because of the
changing positions of
the Sun, Moon, and
Earth
What is the process
where four forms of
water fall from
clouds to Earth’s
surface?
Precipitation
What does waxing
mean?
To get bigger
Why does the ocean’s
salinity stay about
the same? (Think of
two processes in the
water cycle)
The rate of
evaporation is
equal to rate of
precipitation.
What does waning
mean?
To get smaller
As you descend into
the ocean, what
happens to
temperature?
It decreases
As you descend into
the ocean, what
happens to light?
It decreases
As you descend into
the ocean, what
happens to pressure?
It Increases
As you descend into
the ocean, what
happens to density?
It increases
What is the Phase?
Full Moon
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Waning Crescent
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Waxing Gibbous
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First Quarter
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Waning Gibbous
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Waxing Crescent
What is the Phase?
Third Quarter
Abyssal Plain
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
How do scientists
think the moon
formed?
Impact theory
What causes waves?
Wind
What are the positions
of the sun, earth and
moon during a lunar
eclipse?
S-E-M
What causes surface
currents?
Wind
What are the positions
of the sun, moon, and
earth during a solar
eclipse?
S-M-E
What causes deep
ocean currents? (2)
Caused by
differences in density
and the Coriolis
effect
An earth centered
solar system is called
what?
Geocentric system
2 Pointer!!!
How do surface
currents (ex. Gulf
Stream, California
Current, EAC) affect
coastal climates?
They warm or cool the
air above it affecting
temperatures and the
climate.
A sun centered solar
system is called
what?
Heliocentric system
What causes tides?
Caused by the
interaction of the
Earth, moon, and sun
(gravity).
Which solar system
theory did Galileo
support?
Heliocentric
About how often
does each high tide
occur?
About every 12 hours.
Give one piece of
evidence that Galileo
used to support the
heliocentric system?
(2)
Venus going through
phases like moon
and the moons
revolving around
Jupiter
What type of tide is this?
Sun
Earth
M
Spring Tide.
What type of tide is this?
M
Sun
Earth
Neap Tide.
What are the twelve
main objects/areas in
our solar system
starting and
including the sun?
 Sun, Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Asteroid
belt, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
(dwarf), Kuiper Belt
What type of orbit do
most objects in space
have?
Elliptical
What are the gases
and percentages that
make up air? (3)
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Water Vapor, other
What are the
percentages of the 3
main gases in the
atmosphere?
Nitrogen 78%,
Oxygen 21%,
 other 1%
As altitude increases,
air pressure and air
density do what?
Decreases
Which astronomer
discovered that
objects in space have
an elliptical orbit?
Kepler
What causes local
winds?
Caused by the
unequal heating of
Earth’s surface
What two forces help
to keep objects like
the Earth in orbit
around the sun?
Gravity and Inertia
What type of Breeze is this?
Sea Breeze
What causes a Sea
Breeze?
Daytime – cooler air
moves from sea to
replace warmer air on
land
Which astronomer
explained inertia and
gravity?
Newton
What type of Breeze is this?
Land Breeze
What causes a land
breeze?
Nighttime - Cold air
moves from land to
replace warm air at
sea
What most likely
originates in the
Kuiper belt or Oort
cloud region and
orbits around the sun?
Comets
2 Pointer!!!
What causes land
and sea breezes?
Differences in
pressure, due to
unequal heating of
land vs. water
What objects orbit
between Mars and
Jupiter?
Asteroids
What causes global
winds?
Unequal heating -
because of the angle of the
sunlight hitting the Earth
(more direct at the
equator, more spread out
at the poles)
What is a small
object that orbits
near the earth?
Meteoroid
Why do Global winds
curve?
Coriolis effect
(Earth’s rotation)
What is a small object
that enters earth’s
atmosphere called?
Meteor
What heats and cools
faster (land or water)?
Land
What is a small
object that comes
from space and hits
earth’s surface?
Meteorite
How do clouds form?
Warm moist air rises
until it cools (reaches
the dew point) and
condenses.
What are the three
types of galaxies?
Spiral
Elliptical
Irregular
What are the three
major types of clouds?
Cumulus: fluffy, puffy
Stratus: low, layered, gray
Cirrus: feathery, wispy
What is the most
accepted theory that
explains the origins of
our Universe?
Big Bang Theory
What type of clouds
produce
thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus
clouds.
What is a measure of
how much water
vapor is in the air?
Humidity?
What is the name of
the galaxy where our
solar system can be
found?
Milky Way
On a cold day, when
you “see” your
breath, which part of
the water cycle are
you demonstrating?
Condensation
(your own cloud
formation)
2 Pointer!!!
What are the four
main types of air
masses that affect the
United States?
Maritime polar: humid, cold
Maritime tropical: humid, warm
Continental polar: dry, cold
Continental tropical: dry, warm
Which type of air is
denser, warm or cold?
Cold
Which type of air has more
pressure, warm or cold?
Cold
Which type of air can
hold more humidity,
warm or cold?
Warm
When a rapidly
moving cold air mass
runs into a slowly
moving warm air mass,
what type of front is
formed?
Cold Front
What type of front
happens when a
moving warm air mass
collides with a slowly
moving cold air mass?
Warm front
Sometimes cold and
warm air masses meet,
but neither one has
enough force to move the
other. What type of front
is this?
Stationary front
What type of front is
created when a warm
air mass is caught
between two cooler air
masses?
Occluded front
What does this
symbol represent?
Occluded front
What does this
symbol represent?
Cold front
What does this
symbol represent?
Stationary front
What does this
symbol represent?
Warm front
What are lines on a
map with the same
air pressure?
Isobar?
What are lines on a
map joining places
with the same
temperature?
Isotherms?
What natural disaster
begins over water, as a
low-pressure area; gains
strength from the warm,
moist air evaporating
from the ocean?
Hurricane
How do hurricanes
become weaker? (2)
A hurricane weakens
as it moves across
land or cold water.
In general, what direction
does weather move across
the United States?
West to the East.
What meteorological
instrument measures
temperature?
Thermometer
What meteorological
instrument measures
air pressure?
Barometer
What are the two
factors that
determine climate?
Temperature and
precipitation
How do weather and
climate differ?
Climate is the conditions
over a long period (year
after year); weather is the
daily conditions at a
particular time and place