Earth Science 101 | Get Energized | Our Place in Space | Earth in Motion | Potpourri |
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What is the Atmosphere
This is the layer of gases that surrounds our planet and is important for sustaining life.
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What is the Sun
This is the original source of nearly all energy on Earth.
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What is the Big Bang
The universe has been expanding ever since this event over 13 billion years ago.
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What is Gravity
This force that increases with mass keeps planets in orbit around their star.
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What is Temperature
This is a measurement of how quickly the particles in a substance are moving.
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What is Water
The "hydro" in Hydrosphere means this, which covers over 70% of Earths' surface.
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What is Kinetic Energy
Chemical energy stored in food is transformed into this kind of energy when used to move our bodies.
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What is the Milky Way
Our solar system is just a tiny speck in one of the arms of this galaxy.
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What is a Satellite
The Earth orbits around the star Sol, making it a natural one of these.
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What is the Greenhouse Effect
Changing concentrations of carbon dioxide have contributed to this effect, which refers to trapping heat from the sun in our atmosphere.
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What is Abiotic
Rocks, air, and water are all examples of this type of factor, which has never been alive.
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What is Radiation
Light and microwaves are both examples of energy being transferred over a far distance, also referred to as this.
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What is a Planetary System
You can find the Earth in one of these, a group of objects revolving around a star.
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What is an Axis
The Earth rotates around this invisible line with a 23.5° tilt.
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What is Potential Energy
A stone at the top of a tall cliff has this type of mechanically stored energy.
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What is the Biosphere
All organic material on Earth is a part of this sphere.
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What is Heat
This is a measure of how much thermal energy is transferred between materials of different temperature.
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What is a Black Hole
It's theorized that one of these objects with unimaginable gravity is located at the center of our galaxy.
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What is the Summer Solstice
On this day, the Northern hemisphere is tilted directly toward the sun and receives more solar radiation than any other day of the year.
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What is a Neap Tide
When the Moon and Sun form a right angle with the Earth, we get this type of tide with the narrowest tidal range.
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What is the Lithosphere
This sphere contains mighty mountains and tiny particles of sand.
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What is Nuclear Fusion
The sun's energy is produced through this process in which the nuclei of light elements combine to form heavier ones.
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What is a Nebula
Our sun was at one point one of these clouds of dust and gas.
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What is the Barycenter
Two objects in orbit around each other are actually orbiting around this center of mass.
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What is Mercury
This planet experiences the most extreme temperature differences between night and day because it lacks an atmosphere.
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