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Earth in Space
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Layers
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Inside Knowledge
100
THE EARTH TAKES THIS MANY DAYS TO COMPLETELY JOURNEY AROUND THE SUN.
What is 365 1/4?
100
THE EARTH TAKES 24 HOURS TO COMPLETE THIS.
What is A ROTATION?
100
THE LAYER THAT IS HOT LIQUID.
What is OUTER CORE?
100
The movement of materials like small rocks, gravel, sand, or soil.
What is EROSION?
100
THIS THEORY STATES THAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS MADE UP OF HUGE BLOCKS.
What is PLATE TECTONICS?
200
A POINT AT WHICH DAYS AND NIGHT ON EARTH ARE OF EQUAL LENGTH.
What is EQUINOX?
200
THIS AREA (CARDINAL DIRECTION) OF THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCES THE SUN RISE FIRST.
What is EAST?
200
LANDFORMS COVER THIS MUCH OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.
What is 25%?
200
THESE ARE FORMED ON THE SIDES OF RIVERS WHEN MATERIALS ARE DEPOSITED.
What is PLAINS?
200
WHEN IT IS UNDER THE EARTH'S SURFACE, LAVA IS KNOWN AS THIS.
What is MAGMA?
300
This imaginary line running from the North to South Pole that the earth rotates on.
What is AXIS?
300
DEFINITION: AREAS SHARING THE SAME TIME.
What is TIME ZONES?
300
THIS LAYER IS APPROXIMATELY 1,800 MILES THICK.
What is MANTLE?
300
A LARGE, MOSTLY FLAT AREA THAT RISES ABOVE THE SURROUNDING LAND.
What is PLATEAU?
300
THIS IS THE TERM FOR WHEN PLATES SLIDE OR GRIND AGAINST EACH OTHER.
What is FAULTING?
400
THE PATH ONE OBJECT MAKES AS IT REVOLVES AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT.
What is ORBIT?
400
IF IT IS 8 PM IN MASSACHUSETTS, IT IS THIS TIME IN CALIFORNIA.
What is 5 PM?
400
THE TWO METALS THAT MAKE UP THE CORE.
What is IRON AND NICKEL?
400
DELTAS ARE FORMED WHEN A RIVER MEETS THIS.
What is A LARGER BODY OF WATER?
400
DUE TO THEIR LOCATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE PLATES, THESE OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY IN MEXICO AND JAPAN.
What is EARTHQUAKES?
500
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE IS IN WINTER DURING THIS EQUINOX OR SOLSTICE.
What is DECEMBER SOLSTICE?
500
THE OTHER NAME FOR UNIVERSAL TIME.
What is GREENWICH MEAN TIME?
500
THE AMOUNT OF EARTH'S WATER THAT IS FRESH (NOT SALT).
What is 3%?
500
WHEN WATER FREEZES IN CRACKS REPEATEDLY AND EVENTUALLY BREAKS THE ROCK, THE PROCESS IS KNOWN AS THIS.
What is FROST WEDGING?
500
THIS IS A (POSITIVE) BENEFIT OF A VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
What is NEW LAND IS FORMED (ONCE THE LAVA COOLS)?