Chapter Two Earth and Space

0.0(0)
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/30

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

31 Terms

1
New cards
Pluto
________ does not meet the last part of the definition and was considered a founding member of a new class of objects- dwarf planets.
2
New cards
Doppler effect
________ is the apparent change in the frequency of sound waves or light waves due to the motion of a source relative to an observer; for example, the change in frequency (pitch) of a siren from a passing police car.
3
New cards
Gravity
________ pulls debris together to form planets that revolve in a consistent direction around the star − Heavier, rocky planets closer to the star − Lighter, gas- rich planets farther from the star.
4
New cards
Astronomers
________ use the degree of "red shift "to determine the distance to far away galaxies more than 13 billion light- years (distance) from Earth.
5
New cards
Seasonal temperature contrasts
________ are due to the tilt of the Earths axis and the angle of the Suns rays Tilt= 23.5 degrees.
6
New cards
amount of solar energy
The ________ (insolation) reaching Earths surface depends on the angle the Suns rays strike Earth More heat is delivered by insolation where the Sun is directly overhead − As sunlight is distributed over a smaller area − Total annual insolation is the least at Poles, greatest at the Equator.
7
New cards
Galileo
________ used early telescopes to observe changes in the size and shape of Venus as it revolved around the sun.
8
New cards
Jovian Planets
________ are Large gas giants, much of the volume of the ________ is a thick atmosphere overlying oceans of liquid gases and is characterized by many moons and ring systems.
9
New cards
Heliocentric orbit hypothesis
________- a 16th- century idea suggested by Copernicus and Confirmed by Galileos early 17th- century observations of the phases of Venus- Changes in the size and shape of Venus as observed from Earth.
10
New cards
Geocentric orbit hypothesis
________- Ancient civilizations interpreted the rising of the sun in the east and set in the west to indicate the sun (and other planets) revolved around Earth- This remained the dominant idea for more than 2, 000 years.
11
New cards
Hydrogen
________ formed soon after the Big Bang.
12
New cards
Earths Crust
________ is composed of lighter elements (e.g., silicon, oxygen)
13
New cards
tectonic plates
Lithosphere divided into large slabs known as ________ − Plates move over Earths surface to produce earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain belts, and various features on the seafloor.
14
New cards
Terrestrial Planets
________ are Composed of rocks and divided into compositional layers.
15
New cards
Earths Mantle Core
________ is composed of heavier elements (e.g., iron, nickel) found in metallic meteorites.
16
New cards
Solar system
________- sun and surrounding planets.
17
New cards
Earth
________ is a small rocky planet that circles the sun, one of the hundreds of billions of stars making up the milky way.
18
New cards
Earths interior
________ can be divided into three major compositional layers − Crust- composed of lighter elements (e.g., silicon, oxygen) − Mantle- composed of rocks made up of 3 key elements (oxygen, silicon, magnesium) − Core- iron, and nickel − solid inner core − partially melted outer core is the source of Earths magnetic field.
19
New cards
Earths magnetic field
________ deflects the solar wind.
20
New cards
Fusion
________ would end when helium is used up The loss of the heat of fusion would form a smaller white dwarf star that will cool to a black dwarf star.
21
New cards
Earths size
________ is sufficient to produce enough gravity to hold a thick atmosphere of gases in place Atmosphere protects us from: Incoming asteroids /comets Harmful solar radiation (x- rays, UV)
22
New cards
Gravity
________ pulled together irregular clouds of gas and dust generated from the Big Bang to form galaxies (systems of stars)
23
New cards
The predominant element in the Sun is hydrogen, and then helium
by mass, it is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements
24
New cards
Solar system
sun and surrounding planets
25
New cards
IAU adopted a new definition of the term planet
A planet is an object that orbits a star and is massive enough (-400 km radius) for gravity to pull its material into an approximately spherical shape
26
New cards
Pluto does not meet the last part of the definition and was considered a founding member of a new class of objects
dwarf planets
27
New cards
Earths size is sufficient to produce enough gravity to hold a thick atmosphere of gases in place Atmosphere protects us from
Incoming asteroids/comets Harmful solar radiation (x-rays, UV)
28
New cards
Earths biosphere has altered the composition of the atmosphere to add oxygen and extract toxic carbon dioxide Atmosphere composition affects temperature
− Higher carbon dioxide content on Venus produces temperatures of 464oC
29
New cards
The composition of Earths atmosphere is just right to absorb enough heat to keep the average temperature of 15oC Greenhouse effect
− Water vapor and carbon dioxide (0.038%) gases absorb heat − Without the greenhouse effect, temperatures would be -18oC
30
New cards
Earths magnetic field protects Earth from the harmful solar wind that would strip away the atmosphere Magnetic field due to molten rocks in the outer core and relatively rapid planetary rotation
− Smaller planets or slowly rotating planets have lost heat and have weak magnetic fields
31
New cards