Final Exam Review

What type of boundary is the San Andreas fault?

During summer in the southern hemisphere, more direct rays from the Sun hit on the _____

How long does it take for earth to rotate on its axis one time?

What type of light waves have the highest frequency?

The shortest wave length of light on the EMS is which?

Which wave has the lowest frequency?

If it is summer in the north, what would the next season in the southern hemisphere be?

earthquakes occur at which plate boundary?

What phase of the moon would allow us to see a solar eclipse?

What is your favorite subject?

What lunar phases cause spring tides? 

What is the name of the scientist who started the theory of continental drift?

 What do contour lines show?

What is the name of the line that splits the earth into north & south hemispheres?

Where do subduction zones occur?

Our Sun is classified as a _____ star.

The lines on a topographic map are called _____ lines.

Lines that are close together on a topographic map represent _____ sloped areas.

The half of Earth that receives indirect sunlight will be experiencing which season?

The anemometer measures _____.

What causes the phases of the moon?

When Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned, gravitational pulls are multiplied causing ____ tides.

What causes the seasons on earth?

The Milky Way is a _____ galaxy.

What is it that really makes daylight hours longer?

Approximately how long is the lunar cycle?

Warm air will ____ in a ____ direction and cause _____ pressure and cause rainy weather.

What is another evidence that Pangaea once existed?

What is the first step in the life cycle of a star?

The highest amount of energy on the energy pyramid is located where?

Lines that are far apart on a topographic map represent _____ sloped areas.

12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night is a(n)

The largest categories of stars on the H-R diagram are the ___________ stars.

Daylight hours (increase OR decrease) going from autumn to winter.

How many phases of the moon are there?

What type of boundary is associated with mountain building?

Light years measure _____.

Daylight hours (increase OR decrease) going from summer to autumn.

Daylight Savings Time is what makes the hours of daylight longer.

The "mildest" of low & high tides describes _____ tides.

What is the period of revolution for Earth?

What type of wave has the longest wavelength?

What is the name of the phenomenon that has caused all of the rain up in here lately?

Which is a piece of evidence that the continents were once joined?

A thermometer measures _____.

What moon phase are your most likely to see a lunar eclipse?

How long does it take to go from the 1st Quarter to the 3rd Quarter phases?

What is the last phase in the life cycle of a star?

What type of boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge an example of?

Evidence of the Big Bang theory includes

Which type of atmospheric pressure moves clockwise and causes clear weather?

The Nazca/South American plates are an example of a ______ boundary, causing coastal volcanoes.