EQT Study Guide-3rd Quarter
Forms of Energy
Spheres of Earth
Rock Cycle
Solar System
Technology
•Scientists believe the
Earth is an ideal
________________from
the sun to sustain life. It
is the only planet known
to sustain life.
distance
This technology is helpful for
weather prediction and can also
allow homes to receive television
channels. ______________
technology is used to study
planets in our solar system.
Satellite
An instrument called a
________________ is
used to measure the
strength of an
earthquake.
seismograph
•A rocket sitting on a
launch pad is an
example of
__________ energy.
potential
• A famous and very expensive
yet valuable telescope to study
the planets is called the
______ _______ __________.
It can take pictures that are ten
times (10X) clearer than Earthbased telescopes.
Hubble Space
Telescope
•If a bicycle is rolling
down a hill, we know
that this moving bicycle
has _____________
energy, which is the
energy of motion.
kinetic
•Scientists locate things in
deep water with a type
of technology that uses
sound waves called
________________.
sonar
• A ___________________ is a type of
technology used to study far away
planets and is used in dangerous
space missions. These are valuable
tools because they do not carry
humans on these dangerous
missions, and this tool can actually
collect surface samples.
space probe
•The food that we eat
and store as potential
energy for our later
use is called
___________ energy.
chemical
•The four planets that are
farther from the sun and
located on the other side of
the asteroid belt are called
the __________________.
outer planets
• Planets that are closer to the sun
are hotter than planets that are
farther from the sun. Earth is the
third planet from the sun.
__________ and __________
are two planets that are hotter
than Earth due to their closer
position to the sun.
Mercury
Venus
•The __________________
describes how over time,
igneous rock becomes
sedimentary rock;
sedimentary rock then
becomes metamorphic rock.
rock cycle
•A metamorphic rock can
change into an igneous
rock, but first it must
become
___________________.
hot enough to
melt
• Police use this technology to
measure the speed of cars and
trucks traveling the highways.
Scientist and air traffic
controllers at airports use
___________ technology to
locate airplanes in the sky.
radar
•The “blanket of air
surrounding the Earth”
is called the Earth’s
_________________.
atmosphere
•The flow of heat energy
through water” such as
when we boil water on a
stove is called
_________________.
convection
•The “solid portion of
the Earth” is called the
_________________.
Hint: land = ______
geosphere
•The power source
for a solar calculator
is ______________.
sunlight
or
light
•The lowest layer of the
Earth’s atmosphere and
where our weather
occurs is called the
___________________.
troposphere
• A form of energy transfer that
allows us to feel the warmth of
sun on our skin; heats the
inside of a car while parked in
a parking lot; and moves
through matter and empty
space is called ___________.
radiation
•Electricity is generated from
the force of falling water
when it is being produced at
a __________________
energy plant.
Example: Hoover Dam
hydroelectric
•All of the Earth’s
water is considered to
be in the
______________.
Hint: water = ______
hydrosphere
•When a person burns
his/her hand by touching
a hot iron, this type of
heat transfer is called
__________________.
conduction