Earth's rotation and revolution
What is a Solstice?
The exact moment when summer and winter start.
What are Earth's layers?
1. Crust
2. Upper mantle
3. Lower mantle
4. Outer core
5. inner core
What is the Continental Margin?
It is part of a continent that extends out into the ocean.
What are the parts of the Hydraulic Cycle?
2. Condensation
3. Precipitation
4. Runoff
What are the climates?
1. Dry
2. temperate
3. tropical
4. polar
5. continental
What is an Equinox?
The beginning on spring and Autum.
How do Tectonic plates move?
1. Subduction- when one plate goes under another plate
2. Divergence-plates split apart and magma pushes up
3. convergence- two plates collide
4. transformation- two plates slide past eachother
What does the Continental Margin consist of?
1. Continental Shelf
2. Continental Rise
3. Continental Slope
What happens in Evaporation?
The sun heats up the water and water vapor rises up into the atmosphere.
How long does it take for Earth to make one revolution?
1 year
What is Continental Drift?
How continents move.
What happens during Condensation?
Water vapor is turned into droplets that become clouds.
How long does it take for Earth to make one rotation?
about 24 hours
What happens during Precipitation?
Water droplets grow heavy and fall down to earth in the form of rain or snow.
What happens during Runoff?
Water soaks into the ground and flows into underground rivers and eventually back to the ocean.