Intro to Earth Science
Earth Characteristics
Positions on Earth
Topographic Maps
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100
This property of matter describes how compact a substance is.
What is density?
100
This is the true shape of Earth.
What is an oblate spheroid?
100
When writing latitude and longitude coordinates, this one always comes first.
What is latitude?
100
Feet above sea level.
What is elevation?
100
This is the thickest layer of Earth.
What is the mantle?
200
This force pulls objects toward Earth's center.
What is gravity?
200
Earth's equatorial diameter is _________________ than its polar diameter?
What is larger/bigger?
200
This star is used to find one's latitude in the northern hemisphere.
What is Polaris?
200
Lines connecting points of equal elevation are called this.
What are contour lines?
200
There are this many minutes in one degree of latitude or longitude.
What is 60?
300
A globe is considered this type of model.
What is physical?
300
The movement of Earth around the sun is called this.
What is revolution?
300
Longitude is the angular distance east or west of this.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
The equation change in elevation/distance is used to find this.
What is gradient?
300
The mathematician Eratosthenes accurately predicted this thing about Earth.
What is circumference?
400
This is an example of a _______________ model.
What is graphical?
400
The Earth travels this many degrees per day around the sun.
What is 1 degree?
400
If it is 6:00 PM in New York, then it is this time in Los Angeles.
What is 3:00 PM?
400
Lines showing elevation on a contour map always bend this way when they meet a stream or river.
What is upstream?
400
Earth has distinct internal layers. The force of gravity causes the innermost layer to be more _________ than the outer layers.
What is dense?
500
These two things are needed to calculate density.
What are mass and volume?
500
This characteristic of a person becomes larger when they stand at the north or south pole compared to the equator.
What is weight?
500
This meridian separates one day from the next.
What is the International Date Line?
500
Hachure marks on a topographic map indicate this geographical feature.
What is a depression?
500
This is the difference between true north and magnetic north.
What is magnetic declination?