FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE100 FIN

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT EARTH SCIENCE100 FIN

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Question 1: The zigzag movement of sand grains along a beach is

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both caused by obliquely breaking waves and called beach drift Question 2: The energy that drives surface ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream comes from

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prevailing winds

Question 3: Which main-sequence stars are the most massive

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blue

Question 4: An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled

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mT

Question 5: When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably

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air-mass weather

Question 6: The 90 angle solar rays are striking the Tropic of Cancer on

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June 21 Question 7: The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called

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deposition

Question 8: This scientist was the first to use the telescope in astronomy

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Galileo

Question 9: The most dense stars known to exist are

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black holes Question 10: When waves reach shallow water, they are often bent and tend to become parallel to the shore. This process is termed

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refraction Question 11: The term _____ is used to describe the conversion of a solid directly to a gas, without passing through the liquid state

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.sublimation Question 12: ________, a moon orbiting Jupiter, has an unusually smooth, uncratered, ice-covered surface

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Europa

Question 13: Earth receives energy from the Sun in this way

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radiation

Question 14: In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes are most frequent during the

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April-June period

Question 15: ________ has the great, dark spot on its surface

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Neptune

Question 16: An echo sounder operates by measuring the time required for a

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sound pulse travels from a ship to the seafloor and back

Question 17: What is the dew point for the conditions listed above

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20C

Question 18: Typhoon is another name for a

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hurricane

Question 19: The eye of a hurricane is

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warmer than the rest of the storm

Question 20: Pluto is 39.3 times farther from the Sun than Earth

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True

Question 21: Widely spaced isobars often indicate

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light winds

Question 22: The movement of sand parallel to the shore

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all of these

Question 23: Which color stars have the coolest surface temperature

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red Question 24: The two most important heat absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere are

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water vapor and carbon dioxide

Question 25: The final stage for a star which is as massive as the Sun is a

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black dwarf

Question 26: The oceans cover approximately ___ percent of Earth's surface

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70 Question 27: A wind shift from south or southwest to northwest is commonly associated with the passage of a ____ front

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cold

Question 28: An altimeter is an adaptation of the

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aneroid barometer