Spheres/Earths Layers
This sphere contains all of the earths water
The Hydrosphere
Caused by heavy rain
Floods
This imaginary line divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
The equator
The "shady side" of a mountain
The North face
Thinnest layer consisting of solid rock
The Crust
Caused by lightning or human activities
Wildfires
This imaginary line is the line on which the earth spins
Earth's axis
The sun rises in the ____ and sets in the ____
East, West
This sphere is where the earths life exists
The Biosphere
Storms with heavy rain and strong winds
Hurricanes
Part of a map which displays directions
compass rose
A computer system that shows different kinds of data on a map
Geographic Information Systems
The middle layers of the earth containing some molten rock.
The Mantle
The sudden and violent shaking of the earth.
An earthquake
The extreme north and south points of the earth's axis.
The poles
Magnetised tool that points north
Compass
The interior and surface of the earth consisting of rocks and minerals.
The Geosphere
Magma is released from a crater
Volcanic Eruption
Shows the relationship between distance on a map and real distance.
Scale
If you are facing the sun at sunrise then north is to your ____
left