A place for my students to get some help in Earth Science
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007 Review Energy, Heat and Water The process by which water is heated to form a gas is _______ The _______ temperature the greater the humidity and ____ pressure Winds blow from ______ to ______ pressure Land heats______ than water Water cools ______ than land Air that is hot and humid rises because of _____ density and forms clouds through the process of _______ wind blows from ocean to land because land ___ faster than water, and since winds blow from _____ to lows so the pressure over the water is ___ At night this reverses and the pressure over the water is _____ A ______ surface will heat faster than a ________ one posted by James | 9:13 AM Tuesday, January 02, 2007 Review Date: 1/2/2007 From: JGS What is included in today’s weather report? How do you measure the things described above? Describe the water cycle and the flow of heat? What is temperature equilibrium? How does emission and absorption affect balance? How do land and water heat differently? What causes hurricanes and storms? How does energy transfer around the earth? How does climate and weather differ? What are some factors that affect climate? How would a marine tropical and a polar continental wind differ? Remember? How does the helio and geocentric universe compare? How does eccentricity affect orbits? How are revolution and rotation different? What causes tides? How do lunar and solar eclipses differ? As you travel north in winter, what happens to the altitude of the sun? What causes the seasons? How does the shape of the Earth affect gravity? What are the focault pendulum and Coriolis effect? How do longitude and latitude differ? How can gradient be determined? What does an HR diagram tell you? How does the Sun produce energy? A 100 watt bulb is at 10, 50, and 100meters. Which appears brightest? Which is? How do Jovian and Terrestrial planets differ? What effect does the moon have on the oceans? More Know how to read atmospheric properties on page 14 ESRTKnow the layers of the atmosphereKnow what indicate a change in the atmospheric layersKnow what the pauses are in each atmospheric layerKnow where to locate formulas you may need on ESRTKnow definitions of latitude and longitudeKnow how latitude and longitude measure and how they runKnow latitudes are also called parallels and longitude are also called MeridianKnow how to describe Earth’s coordinate systemKnow hoe to read and write latitude and longitudeKnow how to calculate time base on longitudeKnow solar timeKnow Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is located on the Prime MeridianKnow the Equator’s latitudeKnow the Prime Meridian’s LatitudeKnow how Polaris/North Star’s altitude relates to ones position on EarthKnow the surface and structure of the Earth JGS/JGS posted by James | 12:34 PM |
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