Chapter 0
The statistical number that represents the average of a data set
What is the mean?
The elevation difference between contour lines
What is a contour interval?
State of matter of the asthenosphere
What is a solid?
Unique property of calcite
What is react to acid
Landform with high relief and high elevation
What is a mountain?
How close a measurement is to the accepted value.
What is accuracy?
The difference between the highest and lowest point in an area.
What is relief?
Type of material the core is made of
What are metals?
How difficult it is to scratch a mineral
What is hardness?
2.5 g in kg (1000 g = 1 kg)
What is 0.0025 kg
The variable manipulated in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
The measure of the steepness of land
What is slope?
Vertical slice through the Earth revealing the layers of rock.
What is a cross section?
Property of a mineral to break into equal pieces, or pieces with smooth faces
What is cleavage?
Contour interval if the elevations of two lines next to each other are 10 ft and 15 ft
What is 5 ft
What is 39000000 in SN?
What is 3.9*107?
System that combines multiple maps to create one
What is GIS?
Layer of the Earth responsible for Earth's magnetic layer
What is the outer cors?
The mass of an object in a volume
What is density?
Process that leads to formation of minerals
What is crystalization?
What is 0.3081 in 3 Significant Digits?
What is 0.308?
Number of satellites used for GPS
What is 3?
Layer of the Earth that encompasses all of the water
What is the hydrosphere?
What is 50%?
6.4 g/mL in kg/L
What is 6.4 kg/L?