Earth Science Midterm Review

3. Which type of variable is changed in the experiment
4. 0-10km, weather occurs, where airplanes fly, temp DECREASES with altitude
5. All the water on earth
8. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
9. What type of moon is less than 50% lit
11. first stage of start; result of gravity pulling the solar nebula material to the center
13. hydrogen depleted star with a helium core star undergoing expansion
15. what is trapped near earth’s surface during a temp inversions
17. Where does good ozone exist?
18. transfer of warm or cold air by horizontal winds
24. gas giants, larger, farther from sun
25. 10-50km, ozone layer, abundant mass, temp INCREASES with altitude
26. mass/volume
29. when an object moves around another object
30. where the gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape; remnants of a giant star collapse
34. distance from earth to sun; about 93 million miles
35. the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves from sun
38. Most abundant gas in atmosphere
40. What is the main factor in a star that helps determine other properties of it?
41. The area from the surface of Earth down to its center
42. the theory that the universe began as a point and has been expanding ever since
43. Last step of the scientific method

1. Lit on the right side, dark on the left.
2. SI unit of of length
6. The Sun is the center of the Universe; this is correct!
7. study of space and objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
10. O3; a gas molecule that is made up of three oxygen atoms
12. What is the most distinguishing factor determining the layers of the atmosphere?
14. Where does bad ozone exist?
16. SI unit of Temperature
19. Contain chlorine which thin the ozone layer in the presence of the sun
20. 0% illumination
21. What force keeps the planets in orbit?
22. 1st step of the scientific method
23. where the sun's gravitational pull ends
27. When air at the surface is colder than the air above it; cold air is trapped beneath warm air (temperature ________)
28. Parcels of air near Earth's surface are heated, become less dense than surrounding air, and rise. As the warm air rises, it cools
31. the study of atmospheric phenomena as a means of forecasting the weather
32. What graph helps us study stellar evolution? (abbreviated)
33. A model for the origin of the solar system
36. the actual brightness of a star (placed at 10 parsecs) (________ magnitude)
37. all matter and energy that space contains
39. the study of materials that make up the earth