The Earth System
A group of parts that work together as a whole.
System
This results from a force pressing down on an area.
Pressure
The transfer of energy carried in rays.
Radiation
Maps are flat and globes are round, maps can focus on only one area while globes depict the entire planet.
Maps and globes are both drawn to scale, they both use symbols to represent features on Earth's surface.
True or False: The Earth's magnetic poles align with its geographic poles.
False
The ability to do work.
Energy
A layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer "skin".
Crust
Heat transfer between materials that are touching.
Conduction
A framework of lines that helps to transfer points on Earth's three-dimensional surface onto a flat map.
Map projection
In a website address, what does the "www." stand for?
World Wide Web
The sphere of Earth's systems that deals with rock and containing earth's layers.
Geosphere
The middle layer of Earth, made of hot rock.
Mantle
Heat transfer by the movement of a fluid.
Convection
A symbol and a key are both features found on a:
Map
What is the piece at the end of a shoelace called?
An aglet.
The system comprised of the relatively thin envelope of gasses that forms Earth's outermost layer.
Atmosphere
A layer of molten metal surrounding the inner core.
Outer core
A geographical word used to refer to the shape of the land.
Topography
Lines that measure distance in degrees north or south.
Latitude
Who was the first president to appear on television?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The sphere containing all of Earth's water.
Hydrosphere
A dense ball of solid metal in the center of the Earth.
Inner core
The height above sea level of a point on Earth's surface.
Elevation
Lines that measure distance in degrees east or west.
Longitude
Pocahontas, whose real name was Matoaka, was given which English name when she converted to Christianity?
Rebecca
The sphere containing all living organisms.
Biosphere
A light, coarse-grained rock that makes up most of the continental crust.
Granite
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area.
Relief
The distance 1/360th of a distance around a circle (in geography, this is further divided into minutes and seconds).
Degree
Amazon originally sold only what product?
Books
Forces that build up mountains are called:
Constructive forces
A dark, fine-grained rock that makes up much of the oceanic crust.
Basalt
A feature of topography formed by processes that shape Earth's surface.
Landform
Contour lines and index contours can be found on which kind of map?
Topographic maps
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie (1903)
(To be fair, the Nobel prize was only created in 1901.)
Forces that wear down or destroy land masses are called:
Destructive forces
The produce of an earthquake occurring; can be read by geologists to determine how earthquakes travel through the earth and how large they may be.
Seismic waves
Heat from the core and the mantle create these flows that transfer heat within fluids.
Convection currents
The central line of latitude is called:
The Equator
What kind of flower bulbs were once exchanged as currency?
Tulips
The process by which natural forces like water, ice, or wind wear down and carry away land.
Erosion
The brittle, uppermost layer of the mantle.
Lithosphere
Measure of how much mass there is in a given volume.
Density (Expressed as D=m/v)
The central line of longitude is called:
The Prime Meridian
What was the original purpose of the tiny pocket in jeans?
To hold a pocket watch.
True or False: The sun can be considered part of Earth's systems.
True
True or False: The softer, hotter part of the mantle just beneath the lithosphere is the mesosphere.
False: Asthenosphere
True or False: A plateau has high elevation and high relief.
False: High elevation and low relief.
True or False: A geographic formation with HIGH relief will show contour lines that are far apart.
False: close together
What does SPF in sunblock stand for?
Solar Protection Factor