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Types of Earth Science
Parts of a map
Scientific tools
Earth's features
Hodge Podge
100
This type of earth science studies the oceans.
oceanography
100
This is a drawing that shows parts of the earth's surface from above.
map
100
This is a tool you would use to look at the stars.
telescope
100
How many continents are there?
7
100
What's the biggest continent?
Asia
200
This type of earth science studies the stars and space
astronomy
200
This is the part of the map that shows direction.
compass rose
200
This is a tool that you would use to explore the bottom of the ocean.
submarine, submersible
200
How many oceans are there?
4
200
What's the biggest ocean?
pacific
300
This type of earth science studies the weather.
meteorology
300
This is the part of the map where all the map symbols and their meanings are.
legend
300
This is a tool you would use to study the surface of the moon.
exploration robot
300
The spinning of the earth around it's axis is called _______.
rotation
300
These types of maps are useful because they show the shape and elevation of the land.
contour map
400
This type of earth science studies dinosaurs.
paleontology
400
This is the part of the map that shows distance.
scale
400
This is a tool that meteorologists use to help predict the weather.
radar, weather balloon
400
The imaginary straight line that connects the north and south pole, that the earth rotates around.
axis
400
This type of map helps you get around in a big city.
road map
500
This type of earth science studies the earth's rocks, minerals, earthquakes and volcanoes.
geology
500
These are the imaginary lines that go across the earth and from pole to pole. They help locate places on a map.
latitude and longitude
500
This is a tool a geologist would use to look at a rock.
hand lens
500
What causes day and night?
earth's rotation on it's axis
500
Why is it important to publish your scientific work even if your hypothesis is wrong?
Still provides information