Maps and measurement
Geologic processees
Freshwater
Natural Resources
Miscelanious
100
An ariel view of a land form
What is a topographic map
100
the breakdown or wear away of an object over time due to exposure to outside forces
What is weathering
100
a layer directly beneath the water table
What is the zone of saturation
100
Consists of wind power, solar power, hydro-power, timber, and fossil fuels.
What are natural resources
100
A scale used to identify a mineral's hardness
What is mohs hardness scale
200
The imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian
200
The process of disintegration of rocks, or materials which change the chemical composition or chemical makeup of the material.
What is chemical weathering
200
The main watershed in Virginia
What is the Chesepeake bay
200
The main resource found in the Appalachian Plateau province.
What is coal
200
The physical layer of earth that makes up the crust and upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere
300
"parallel lines"
What are latitude lines
300
What Yellowstone National Park is sitting on top of
What is a hot spot
300
an area on a piece of land in which all water flows down to one place
What is a water shed
300
A resource that is used widely in electronics.
What is silica
300
A break within an area of low softer sedimentary rock and upper land hard crystalline rock
What is a Fall line
400
The curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of a graduated cylinder.
What is a meniscus
400
The type of volcano that is located in hawaii
What is a shield volcano
400
The percentage of undrinkable water on earth
What is 99.7%
400
A mixture of liquid hydrocarbon compounds; generally used as a fuel source.
What is petroleum
400
The layer that separates the crust from the core
What is the mantle
500
darker, heavier contour lines used as a reference for different elevations on a map
What are index contours
500
the area on the earth's surface exactly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is an epicenter
500
The three different locations where all of the water in Virginia ends up.
What are the Carolina Sounds, the Cheasepeake bay, and the Mississippi River
500
A biomass fuel that is a mixture of gasoline and alcohol (The alcohol is mainly made of plant sources).
What is gasohol
500
minerals that emit visible light when placed under UV light
What are Fluorescent minerals
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