The Study of Earth
A round shape
sphere
Orbit
The path an object makes around another
A complete turn
Rotation
The outmost layer of Earth
Crust
Streams of molten, nearly melted rock
Magma
Cardinal Direction
North, South, East, West
Imaginary line between the North and South Poles
Axis
Pictures of Earth's surface taken from a satellite
Satellite Image
Mantle
Thick rocky layer around the core
Earth's crust is made up of these huge blocks
Plates
Distance north or south of the equator
Latitude
What do you call a complete journey around the sun?
Revolution
Time Zone
Areas sharing the same time
A very hot sphere of metal
Core
Erosion
When small pieces of rock get moved by water, ice, or wind
Longitude
Distance east or west of the prime meridian
A point in which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other
Solstice
How do our lands form?
Possible answers: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, plate movement
Thick layer of gases or air
A process that breaks down rock into tiny pieces
Weathering
Hemisphere
A half of the Earth
The point where everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
Equinox
How does Earth's movement effect us?
Earths rotation give us night and day
Earth's tilt brings about the seasons
Earth experiences equinox's (almost equal days) OR solstices (one hemisphere has longer days than the other)
Shapes and types of land
Landform
Valley
Stretches of low land between mountains or hills