Mapping Earth's Surfaces
Weathering and Soil Formation
Erosion and Deposition
A Trip through Geological Time
Magnetism
100
What relates distance on a map to the distance on earth's surface?
a scale
100
Why is soil one of earth's most valuable resources?
everything that lives on land depends on it
100
How does moving water affect Earth's surface?
It is the major erosion that helped shape it.
100
What are the three units called that divide the time between Precambrian and Present time?
Eras
100
Where is the magnetic force of a magnet the strongest?
at either pole
200
What kind of map would be best for finding information about elevation?
topographic
200
What do you call the amount of sediment that a river carries?
load
200
What forms when waves deposit sediment along a coast?
Beach
200
What do Geologists use radioactive dating for?
determine the absolute age of rocks
200
What would happen if you break a magnet into 2 pieces?
each would become smaller and have its own north and south poles
300
What is contour interval?
the difference in elevation between adjacent contour lines
300
What causes most sediment to wash or fall into a river? Name two (intrusion, extrusion, deflation, deposition, mass movement, runoff)
mass movement and runoff
300
Give an example of mass movement
landslide, mudflow, slump, creep
300
Which era were dinosaurs important on earth?
Mesozoic era
300
What do you call the center of an atom?
Nucleus
400
Give the distance of the given location in degrees
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400
What is it called when you plow a field along the curve of a slope?
Contour plowing
400
Wind causes erosion through...(pick 2)
abrasion, plucking, impact, deflation
abrasion and deflation
400
What type of rock are fossils formed in?
sedimentary
400
What is magnetic declination?
The angel between geographic north and magnetic north
500
how would you determine the distance from one location to another using the longitude/latitude map and key?
using an equal area projection to accurately show area, you would then use the key
500
Looking at the picture drawn on the board, which rock layer is oldest? which is youngest? Why?
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500
What kind of glacier covers much of the island of Greenland?
BONUS 100 POINTS: What kind of sediment is carried by glaciers?
Continental Glacier
till
500
What occurred at the end of the Mesozoic Era and how did it affect earth?
A meteor hit and caused extinction
500
What are the Van Allen Belts?
the two doughnut shaped regions above Earth's Surfaces that contains electrons and protons that travel at high speeds.