Earth Science
ESRT
Density
Latitude/Longitude
Topographic Maps
100
The discipline of science that studies the Earth's atmosphere, including weather and climate.
What is Meteorology?
100
The density of water is this.
What is 1g/ cubic cm?
100
The total amount of material in an object, measured in grams.
What is mass?
100
This line of longitude runs through Greenwich, England and is at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
100
The height of something relative to sea level.
What is elevation?
200
The discipline of science that studies the the universe including all matter, energy, time and space.
What is Astronomy?
200
Earth's troposphere is made up mostly of this gas.
What is Nitrogen?
200
This is the formula for density.
What is D= M/V?
200
The equator at 0 degrees latitude, splits the Earth into these two hemispheres.
What are the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
200
The lines on a topographic map that connect points of equal elevation.
What are contour lines?
300
Oceanography
What is the study of Earth's oceans?
300
The city of Jamestown is located in this landscape region of New York State.
What is the Allegheny Plateau?
300
If you increase the temperature of something, its density does this.
What is decreases?
300
This New York State landscape region is located at 44 degrees N, 75 degrees W.
What is the Adirondack Mountains?
300
A contour line that separates the ocean from the land will have this elevation.
What is 0ft?
400
This discipline of science studies the history, composition, structure & processes of Earth’s surface and its interior.
What is Geology?
400
The temperature at a depth of 3000 km below Earth's surface.
What is 5000 degrees C?
400
If an object has a mass of 100g and a density of 25g/cubic cm, its volume is this.
What is 25 cubic cm?
400
The location of a ship crossing the prime meridian, if Polaris is seen 60 degrees above the horizon.
What is 60 degrees N, 0 degrees?
400
When contour lines form a "V" on a topographic map, it indicates that there is a valley stream. The point of the V points in this direction.
What is uphill (upstream)?
500
3 of the 4 spheres that make up the Earth system.
What are the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, & biosphere?
500
The layer of the Earth's interior that lies at a depth between 3000 and 5000 km below the Earth's surface.
What is the outer core?
500
An object with a mass of 30g and a volume of 10 cubic cm will do this in water.
What is float?
500
If you are located anywhere in Australia, your latitude and longitude will contain what cardinal directions?
What is South and East?
500
A steep slope is represented by this on a topographic map. A gradual slope is represented by this.
What is contour lines close together and contour lines far apart?
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