Astronomy
Layers of Earth
Maps
The Seasons
The Tides
100
The __________ revolves around Earth every 29.5 days, ________ revolves around the ________ every 365.25 days, and the sun revolves around the _________ ________ about every 200 million years.
What is the moon, Earth, sun, galactic center or Milky Way.
100
This the layer of Earth upon which you live your scholarly life.
What is the crust.
100
This term refers to how high up something is when measuring from sea-level.
What is elevation.
100
This causes Earth to experience seasons.
What is Earth's axis is tilted at 23.5*, causing any given place on Earth to part of the year be tilted toward the sun and part of the year tilted away from the sun.
100
Earth's tides are caused by ____________________.
What is the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.
200
On average, the sun is this many miles away from Earth.
What is 93 million miles away.
200
This inner core is about the size of the _______ and is made up of _______ ________.
What is moon, solid iron.
200
A ____________ ______ shows the shape and elevation of various landforms.
What is topographic map.
200
In the northern hemisphere, we experience this season when we are tilted toward the sun.
What is summer.
200
The ________ exerts stronger gravitational pull on the tides because it is ___________.
What is the moon because it is closer.
300
The four inner planets of our solar system have this type of surface.
What is a rocky, solid surface.
300
This is the name of the crust combined with the rigid, hard upper layer of the mantle.
What is the lithosphere.
300
On special maps, _________ ______ are used to show the elevations of landforms.
What are contour lines.
300
During this season, we are not tilted toward or away from the sun and the days are growing longer.
What is spring.
300
A ________ ______ is when high tides are higher than usual and low tides are lower than usual. Draw a diagram of what this looks like.
What is a spring tide.
400
The four outer planets of our solar system are called gas giants, and so they lack this feature.
What is a solid surface.
400
Below the lithosphere lies this plastic-like layer of the upper mantle.
What is the asthenosphere.
400
1 inch on a map equals 12 miles in the real world is an example of __________.
What is scale.
400
We experience this season when Earth's axis tilts us away from the sun.
What is winter.
400
A _______ ________ is when high tides are not as high as usual and low tides are not as low as usual. Draw a diagram of the sun, Earth, and moon during these tides.
What is a neap tide.
500
This unit of measurement is equal to the distance from Earth to the sun.
What is an astronomical unit (a.u.).
500
The outer core is comprised of ________ ______ and causes Earth's ___________ ________.
What is molten iron and magnetic field.
500
If a map scale is 1 cm = 12 miles, this many centimeters will be needed to represent a distance of 60 miles.
What is 5 cm.
500
My favorite season is _________, because __________. During this season the days are growing __________.
What is ?
500
This will happen if you are sitting near the water's edge during a rising tide.
What is you will get wet.
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