The layers of the Earth in order from center to the surface.
What are inner core, outer core, mantle, crust?
100
The 0 degree line of latitude.
What is the equator?
200
Areas with low relief and high elevation.
What are plateaus ?
200
Timezones are based on these lines
What are lines of longitude?
200
Theory states that at one time over 500 million years ago, there was only 1 "super continent" called this.
What is Pangea ?
200
These 2 metals make up the inner 2 layers of the Earth.
What are nickel and iron ?
200
Lines of longitude stretch from this to this.
What is from the North Pole to the South Pole?
300
The tallest mountain in the United States.
What is Mt. McKinley?
300
The timezone we live in.
What is Eastern Standard Time?
300
The theory of continental drift was presented to the Royal Society in 1911 by this scientist.
Who was Alfred Wegener?
300
This is unusual about the outer core.
What is that it is made of molten material(nickel and iron)?
300
The name of the 4 oceans on Earth.
What are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.
400
The difference in elevation in a given area.
What is relief?
400
Timezones change 1 hour every this many degrees.
What is 15 degrees longitude?
400
The upper part of the mantle, with the crust, form this.
What is the lithosphere?
400
The temperature of the inner core.
What is 5000 degrees Celsius ?
400
The southernmost continent.
What is Antarctica ?
500
The landform that covers most of the Earth.
What are plains?
500
If it is 2:45 pm in Newark, N.J. , it is this time in Los Angeles, California.
What is 11:45 am ?
500
Give 3 examples of evidence of the continents breaking apart.
What are:
1. Identical rock formations in Africa and South America
2. Similar fossils in Africa and South America
3. Africa and South America appear to be "puzzle pieces"
4. Coal deposits in Antarctica