Vocabulary
Space Cadet
Earth Things
It's Got Layers...like a parfait
Wild Card
100
The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
What is Weathering
100
Which two planets are known as the dwarf planets?
What is Pluto and Ceres
100
The Earth is the _______planet in size and ranks _______in size
What is third, fifth
100
The outer-most layer of the earth is called the _______
What is crust
100
Land takes up how much of the Earth's surface?
What is about 30%
200
A large, moving body of ice
What is a glacier
200
Asteroids are found mainly between what two planetary orbits?
What are Jupiter and Mars
200
About how much of the Earth's surface is covered by the hydrospehere?
What is 70 percent
200
What do we call the part of the earth that supports life?
What is biosphere
200
What is the highest point on Earth?
What is Mt. Everest
300
The changing of liquid water into vapor, or gas
What is Evaporation
300
Into what three groups do we put the planets?
What are Terrestrial plantets, Gas Giant Planets, and Dwarf Planets
300
The part of the Earth's surface that is land is called the _____________
What is Lithosphere
300
What do we call the watery parts of Earth?
What is Hydrosphere
300
What two words describe the Earth's inner core: A. Liquid and Hot, B. Solid and Cool, or C. Solid and Hot
What is C. Solid and Hot
400
An underwater extension of the coastal plain
What is the continental shelf
400
The sun is a ___________
What is star
400
Where is the lowest point of dry land on Earth?
What is the short of the Dead Sea
400
The surface land areas of Earth's crust
What is Lithosphere
400
A lake is a body of water that is ________________
What is completely surrounded by land
500
The processes that create many of Earth's physical features
What is plate tectonics
500
What kind of planet is earth?
What is terresstrial planet
500
What are cracks in the Earth's crust called?
What are faults
500
The layer of gasses that surrounds the Earth is known as
What is the atmosphere
500
Name the three layers of the Earth
What is Core, Mantle, Crust
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