Earth Science
Types Of Maps
Remote Sensing
Elements
Atoms Combine
100
Study of Earth's Oceans, which covers nearly 75% of the Planet.
What is Oceanography?
100
Connects points of equal Elevation
What is Contour Line?
100
Number of waves that pass a particular point each second
What is Frequency?
100
Number of protons in a atom's nucleus
What is Atomic Number?
100
Substance that is composed of atoms of two or more different elements that are chemically combined
What is Compound?
200
The Study of objects beyond Earth's Atmosphere
What is Astronomy?
200
Made by projecting points and lines from a Globe onto a cone
What is Conic Projection?
200
Receives reflected wavelengths of energy emitted by Earth's surface
What is Landsat Satellite?
200
Is made of Protons and Neutrons
What is Necleus?
200
Forces that hold elements together in a compound
What is Chemical Bonds?
300
Includes all Organisms on Earth as well as the Environments in which they live
What is Biosphere?
300
The difference in elevation between two side-by-side contour lines
What is Contour Interval?
300
Arrangement of electromagnetic radiation according to wavelengths
What is Electromagnetic Spectrum?
300
Smallest particle of an element that has all the characteristics of the elemnet
What is Atom?
300
Attraction of two atoms for a shared pair of electrons that holds the atoms together
What is Covalent Bond?
400
The Blanket of gases that surrounds the Planet
What is Atmosphere?
400
A ratio between distances on a map and actual distances on the surface of Earth
What is Map Scale?
400
Use of sound waves to detect and measure objects on the ocean floor
What is Sonar?
400
The outermost electrons
What is Valence Electrons?
400
Composed of two or more atoms held together by covalent bonds
What is Molecule?
500
The Four Main Earth's Systems
What is The Lithosphere, the Hydrosphere, The Atmosphere, and The Biosphere?
500
Explains what the symbol represents
What is Map Legend?
500
Radio-Navigation System that allows its user to determine their exact position on Earth
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)?
500
Spontaneous process through which unstable nuclei emits radiation
What is Radioactivity?
500
A solution containing a substance that produces hydrogen ions in water
What is Acid?
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