Earth Science Quarterly Practice

What is the prime meridian?

Reference Table pg 15: What happens to luminosity and mass as you go up on the HR diagram?

What is cosmic background radiation?

Reference Table pg 15: What happens to the temperature as you go to the right on the bottom of the chart?

RT. According to your Reference Table, which planet in our Solar System is the smallest?

Earth's revolution around the Sun causes which of the following patterns?

Polaris is...

What is the equator?

What is Earth's rate of rotation?

When did the Big Bang theory happen?

How do astronomers explain how the universe started?

What happens to gravitational attraction as a planet gets closer to the sun in its orbit?

Is nuclear fusion the bonding of 2 or more smaller atoms?

Which star is cooler and many times brighter than the Earth's Sun (Use Reference Table!)

Which motion of Earth is depicted here?

The altitude of Polaris equals the . . . . .

Which orbit has the highest eccentricity?

Our Sun is classified as a ______ star on the HR Diagram

About how long does it take Earth to make one complete revolution?

Reference Table pg 15: What happens to the temperature as you go to the left on the bottom of the chart?

How does a star generate energy?

What is the name of the field of Earth Science that studies outer space?

A Foucault pendulum proves that Earth

How does Red Shift support the Big Bang Theory?

Geocentric Theory states that the ______.

What does a red shift in light mean?

Summer happens when the Earth's axis is

which direction does a red shift move

Define: Foci

What is revolution?

Longitude measures the angle

Latitude measures the angle

Winter happens when the Earth's axis is

What is the Heliocentric Theory

Where on Earth, can Polaris be located

The Foucault pendulum provides evidence of Earth’s

What happens to orbital velocity as a planet gets closer to the sun in its orbit?

The definition of geocentric is ?

what is rotation?

What is the Coriolis Effect?

The shape of Earth most closely resembles a (n)

Where on the HR diagram are super giants usually located?

Eccentricity

What is on the Y axis of the HR diagram?

What type of star is found on the bottom left of the HR diagram?

The Earth rotates on it's axis.

Day and night are caused by the earth's rotation on its axis.

What was the geocentric theory?

What is Earth's axis tilted at?

Cosmic background radiation is...

how is the coriolis effect made?

If asked questions regarding a stars size, and/or temp what table in the ESRT do you reference