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The Earth System
Earth's Interior
Convection and the Mantle
Exploring Earth's Surface
Models of Earth
100
a group of parts that work together as a whole
What is a system?
100
three main layers of the Earth
What are the crust, the mantle, and the core?
100
there are ________ types of heat transfer
What is three?
100
the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest point of an area
What is the relief?
100
an imaginary line between the North and South poles; divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
200
the ability to do work
What is energy?
200
a fine-grained rock; the oceanic crust's composition is much like this rock
What is basalt?
200
name the three types of heat transfer
What is radiation, conduction, and convection?
200
a feature of topography
What is a landform?
200
an imaginary line that makes a half circle from the North Pole to the South Pole; passes through Greenwich England
What is the prime meridian?
300
this is not a sphere, but can be considered part of the Earth system
What is the sun?
300
a coarse rock that is usually light in color; the continental crust's composition is much like this rock
What is granite?
300
walking barefoot across hot sand is an example of heat being transferred by
What is conduction?
300
the topography of an area includes
What are the area's elevation, relief, and landforms?
300
the equator is the starting line for measuring ___________ or distance in degrees north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
400
the four main spheres of the Earth system
What is the atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and the hydrosphere?
400
the two main types of evidence used to learn about Earth's interior
What are direct and indirect evidence?
400
the flow that transfers heat within a fluid is called
What is a convection current?
400
the main types of landforms
What are plains, plateaus, and mountains?
400
the distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is called
What is longitude?
500
forces that are working to build up or destroy the land
What are constructive and destructive forces?
500
the outer core is a layer molten metal, while the inner core is...
What is a dense ball of solid metal?
500
a measure of how much mass there is in a given volume of substance
What is density?
500
what kind of plains are found away from the coast
What are interior plains?
500
distances on Earth are measured in
What are degrees?