Earth Science
The hottest place inside the earth.
What is the core?
A moon phase in which the whole moon can be seen.
What is a full moon?
GPS, sextants, astrolabs, and heavenly bodies have been used for this purpose.
What is navigation?
Trembling or shaking in the earth's curst.
What is an earthquake?
Water covers more than this percent of the earth's surface.
What is 70%
Bedrock is part of this layer of the earth.
What is the crust?
A star and all the heavenly bodies that orbit it.
The earth's revolution around the sun gives us this unit of time.
What is a year?
Loss of soil by water or wind.
What is erosion?
The sun's energy controls this process on the earth.
Fossils are most often found in this type of rock.
What is sedimentary rock?
The Little Dipper is also called this.
What is the Little Bear?
The earth's rotation on its axis gives us this measurement of time.
What is a day?
Matter that settles to the bottom of water.
What is sediment?
Coal is this type of energy resource.
What is a nonrenewable energy source?
The two main ingredients in soil.
What are humus and minerals?
When you face the North Star, you are facing this direction.
What is north?
The earth's tilt gives us these.
What are the seasons?
A cyclone that develops over hot land.
What is a tornado?
The planets closet to the sun are called these planets.
What are the inner planets?
Rock formed from lava or hot magma.
What is igneous rock?
A huge star system containing billions of stars.
The condition of the air around us.
The most severe type of tropical cyclone.
What is a hurricane?
The moon does not produce its own light. This is what makes the moon appear to shine.
What is reflected light from the sun?