Earth Sci. Regents Exams
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- Which way does the Earth revolve?
- The earth revolves counterclockwise (365 1/4 days)
- Describe oceanic crust
- Ocean crust is thin and made of basalt
- How do mountains form?
- Mountains form by uplift
- Increase moisture ___ pressure.
- As moisture increases, pressure decreases
- Increase altitude ___ pressure
- Air pressure decreases with altitude
- Winds blow from ___ to ___ pressure.
- Wind blows from high to low pressure
- Weather moves from ___ to ___ in the United States
- Weather moves from west to east in the United States
- Increase particle size, __ permeablility
- As particle size increases, permeability increases
- Ep (potential evapotranspiration) depends on __________
- Ep (potential evapotranspiration) depends on temperature
- Apparent diameter of objects (sun, moon) gets larger when ____________
- Apparent diameter of objects (sun, moon) gets larger when the object is closer to Earth
- Increase temp., __ air pressure
- As temperature increases, air pressure decreases
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Highs are ___ & ____
Lows are ___ & ____ - Highs are cool and dry; lows are warm and wet
- Chemical weathering occurs mostly in _____ & ______ climates.
- Chemical weathering occurs mostly in warm, humid climates
- What 2 factors prove the Earth rotates?
- Foucault's pendulum and the coriolis effect prove the earth rotates
- Energy moves from ____ to ____
- Energy moves from source to sink: high to low