Types of Earth Science
The study of materials that make up Earth.
What is Geology.
The distance in degrees North and South of the equator.
What is latitude.
All the water in Earth's lakes, oceans, rivers, seas, glaciers, and atmosphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
The lines that run parallel to the Equator.
What are latitudes?
There are 24 of these across the Earth.
What are time zones?
The study of the atmosphere.
What is meteorology.
The key that explains map symbols.
What is a map legend?
The blanket of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The lines that run East and West of the Prime Meridian.
What are Longitudes?
The amount of degrees between each time zone.
What is 15 degrees?
The study of the interactions of humans with the environment.
What is Environmental Science.
The science of map making.
What is cartography?
The frozen portion of Earth's surface.
What is the cryosphere?
A map projection used for road maps and weather maps.
What is a conic projection?
Each time zone represents this.
What is an hour?
The study of the effects of human activities, physical and chemical properties, the creatures that inhabit, and Earth's oceans.
What is oceanography.
The transition line for calendar days.
What is the International Date Line.
All of Earth's organisms and the environments in which they live.
What is the biosphere?
The process of gathering data about Earth from far above the Earth's surface.
What is remote sensing?
Clocks are set forward an hour in the Spring and back an hour in the fall.
What is daylight savings time?
The study of objects beyond Earth.
What is astronomy.
The division of the Earth into North and South Hemispheres.
What is the Equator.
The part of Earth from its surface to it's center.
What is the geosphere?
Land masses and direction are distorted on this type of projection.
What is a gnomonic projection?
The International Date Line runs through this.
What is the Pacific Ocean?