Earth's Systems
The height above sea level of a point on the Earth's surface.
What is elevation?
The supercontinent that all the continents split apart from 175 million years ago
What is Pangaea?
This volcano is the closest volcano to our school.
What is Mt. Shasta?
A map that shows the elevation of the land through lines
What is topographical map?
The thin layer of gasses that surround our planet
What is the atmosphere?
A feature of topography, such as a hill or valley, formed by the processes that shape the Earth's surface.
What is land form?
Often found in the ocean floor, these tectonic plate margins are spreading apart.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
A bowl shaped opening on the top of a volcano.
What is a crater?
The imaginary line that runs around the Earth to mark 0 degree latitude.
What is the Equator?
Includes all the water on Earth. A major force that shapes weather and climate.
What is hydrosphere?
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area.
What is relief?
The San Andreas Fault is this type of fault.
What is a transform fault?
A major circular belt of volcanoes located in the Pacific Ocean.
What is "the Ring of Fire?"
The imaginary line connecting the North and South Poles, and separating the East and West Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Solid part of Earth made up of rocks, minerals, and other elements, not including the oceans.
What is the lithosphere?
Landform with a high elevation and a more or less level top surface.
What is a plateau?
This type of measurement is used for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake by using a seismograph.
What is a Richter scale?
This type of volcano is unlikely to ever erupt again.
What is an extinct volcano?
A method of finding latitude, longitude and elevation using a system of satellites
What is Global Positioning System(GPS)?
The part of the planet where living things can be found-from upper atmosphere to the bottom of the oceans.
What is the biosphere?
A landform that is made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land with a low relief.
What are plains?
The point directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
A molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle
What is magma?
Contour lines on a topographical map will get closer together on this kind of terrain
What is steep or mountainous terrain?