Definitions
What is Equator?
Lines of equidistant semi-circles that run vertically from pole to pole and help determine coordinates.
What is Meridians / Lines of Longitude?
This is how much the Earth is tilted on its axis.
What is 23.5o?
These are the elements that primarily compose the inner and outer core.
What is Iron (Fe) & Nickel (Ni)?
When an average star balloons up toward the end of its lifespan it will become this type of star.
What is Altitude?
Line that exists at 0o longitude?
What is Prime Meridian?
What is Weathering/Deposition/Erosion/Natural Disaster?
This is the temperature AND state of matter of the Earth's core.
What is 5,500oC & solid?
This is the hypothesis that suggest the Earth's moon is a piece of detached Earth from pre-historic impact by a Mars sized body.
What is Giant Impact Hypothesis?
Dark period for longer than 24 consecutive hours in which the sun does not break the horizon in a very northern region.
What is Polar Night?
Set of equidistant circles parallel to the equator that are used to determine coordinates.
What is Lines of Latitude?
Caused by the tilt on its axis, this refers to the period of time when the sun stays above the horizon for 24+ consecutive hours at a given, artic location.
What is Polar Day?
These elements primarily make up the mostly solid mantle.
What is Iron (Fe) & Magnesium (Mg)?
This is the planet with the hottest surface level in our solar system.
What is Venus?
Study and shape of Earth's surface, including both natural and man made features.
What is Topography?
The line that is used as the reference point for how north or south a location is positioned.
When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun's solar rays, this season is occurring in the U.S.
What is Summer?
These are the two layers of the curst.
What is Oceanic Crust & Continental Crust?
The region of our solar system that houses short-period comets as well as Pluto for most of its orbit.
What is Kuiper Belt?
What is Remote Sensing?
Line that is used as the reference point for how east or west an object is positioned.
What is Prime Meridian?
These are the layers of the Earth from innermost to outermost.
What is Inner Core --> Outer Core --> Mantle --> Crust?
Zone of partially molten rock in the upper mantle.
What is Asthenosphere?
After an average star balloons up into a red giant, its particles continue to drift outward into space forming this colorful body of matter.
What is Planetary Nebula?