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Nearly _____% of the Earth's surface is…
The world ocean can be divided into fou…
Pacific Ocean is the _______
Bathymetry
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Pacific,Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Ocean
largest
measurement of ocean depths
Nearly _____% of the Earth's surface is…
71
The world ocean can be divided into fou…
Pacific,Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Ocean
What is the driving force for the movem…
According to the plate tectonics model,…
How could two points 85 degrees north o…
Longitude
Convection
Crust and upper most mantle
Longitude
Lines run north and south
What is the driving force for the movem…
Convection
According to the plate tectonics model,…
Crust and upper most mantle
How much of earths surface is water?
What is the percentage of all water tha…
Percent of all water is freshwater?
Salt water covers ____ amount of all wa…
Three fourths (3/4)
2%
1%
97%
How much of earths surface is water?
Three fourths (3/4)
What is the percentage of all water tha…
2%
Big Bang theory
Blue shift
Doppler effect
Electromagnetic force
A theory to explain the origin of the universe.
Shift toward shorter wave lengths.
The apparent change of wave length occurring when an object is…
The fundamental force associated with electric and magnetic fi…
Big Bang theory
A theory to explain the origin of the universe.
Blue shift
Shift toward shorter wave lengths.
What are the 4 layers of Earth?
Which layer(s) of the Earth are molten?…
Which layer(s) of the Earth are solid?…
Why is the crust layer considered crack…
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Core
The Mantle and the Outer Core are molten because heat from the…
The Crust and Core are solid because the Crust doesn't have en…
It isn't one piece but many tectonic plates
What are the 4 layers of Earth?
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Core
Which layer(s) of the Earth are molten?…
The Mantle and the Outer Core are molten because heat from the…
what are evidence of earth's spherical…
if the north star progressively gets hi…
what is earth's shape caused by
what shape is the earth
earth's shadow on moon during eclipse, north star position at…
north
rotation
slightly flat at poles and bulging at equator
what are evidence of earth's spherical…
earth's shadow on moon during eclipse, north star position at…
if the north star progressively gets hi…
north
Currents
Surface Currents
Coriolis Affect
Gulf Stream
large stream of moving water that flows through water
currents that run from the surface down to depths of 100 meter…
wind directions flow in a circular pattern, right in the north…
largest and most powerful surface current in the northern hemi…
Currents
large stream of moving water that flows through water
Surface Currents
currents that run from the surface down to depths of 100 meter…
What are the two types of crust Earth h…
The Asthenosphere and Lithosphere can a…
What is the difference between Magma an…
Which layer of Earth is completely made…
oceanic and continental
Upper Mantle
Magma is melted rock beneath earth's surface and lava is on ea…
Mantle
What are the two types of crust Earth h…
oceanic and continental
The Asthenosphere and Lithosphere can a…
Upper Mantle
geology
crust
inner core
outer core
The study of Earth and Earth's processes
The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface (thinnest,…
A dense sphere of solid iron and nickel at the center of the E…
A layer of molten(liquid) iron and nickel that surrounds the i…
geology
The study of Earth and Earth's processes
crust
The layer of rock that forms Earth's outer surface (thinnest,…
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Bio…
Water bottle sweats, when it rains, wat…
Can I identify Earth's 4 systems?
Can I come up with examples of Earth's water cycle
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Bio…
Can I identify Earth's 4 systems?
Water bottle sweats, when it rains, wat…
Can I come up with examples of Earth's water cycle
Spectroscope
Wavelength
Red Shift
Blue Shift
An apparatus for producing and recording spectra for examinati…
The distance between crests of a wave
Moves away from earth, on the left side of the spectrum (longe…
Moving to earth, right side of the spectrum (shorter wavelengt…
Spectroscope
An apparatus for producing and recording spectra for examinati…
Wavelength
The distance between crests of a wave
sphere
atmo
bio
geo
an entity's physical or non-physical manifestation is spherica…
a combining form meaning "air," used as a prefix in the format…
a combining form meaning "life", used as a prefix in the forma…
a combining form meaning "Earth", used as a prefix in the form…
sphere
an entity's physical or non-physical manifestation is spherica…
atmo
a combining form meaning "air," used as a prefix in the format…
Molecule of water
Cohesion
Water properties/ice
Polar molecule
One oxygen atom+Two hydrogen atoms= H2O... Oxygen: negative Hydro…
Property that holds a substance together;water forms droplets…
It is solid; water expands when it freezes; it is cold; frozen…
Anything that has a positive charge on one end and a negative…
Molecule of water
One oxygen atom+Two hydrogen atoms= H2O... Oxygen: negative Hydro…
Cohesion
Property that holds a substance together;water forms droplets…
Natural resource
renewable resource
Why are they important?
nonrenewable
things that exist freely in nature and are depended on for sur…
these resources are constantly available or can be reasonably…
Humans and other living things depend on them for survival; ev…
resources that can not be easily replaced once they are destro…
Natural resource
things that exist freely in nature and are depended on for sur…
renewable resource
these resources are constantly available or can be reasonably…
Compare the areas of study within Earth…
Astronomy
Meteorology
Geology
~ Astronomy is the study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere…
the study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
the study of the forces and processes that cause the atmospher…
the study of the materials that make up the earth, the process…
Compare the areas of study within Earth…
~ Astronomy is the study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere…
Astronomy
the study of objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
Recognize a diagram of Pangaea
Know the basic layers of the earth
Compare and Contrast the 2 types of cru…
Know the theory that Alfred Wagner used…
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
OC- made of basalt... CC- made of granite... Both- made of igneous r…
The theory of continental drift
Recognize a diagram of Pangaea
Know the basic layers of the earth
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
Earth Science
System
Energy
Forces
body of knowledge about Earth and its place in the universe
group of parts that work together as a whole
the ability to do work OR cause change
have changed Earth's surface throughout history
Earth Science
body of knowledge about Earth and its place in the universe
System
group of parts that work together as a whole
Renewable resource
Nonrenewable resource
Organic
Inorganic
These resources are constantly available or can be reasonably…
Resources that cannot easily be replaced once they are destroy…
Come from living things (renewable or non-renewable)
Come from nonliving things (renewable or non-renewable)
Renewable resource
These resources are constantly available or can be reasonably…
Nonrenewable resource
Resources that cannot easily be replaced once they are destroy…
Big Bang Theory
Creationism
Continental Drift Theory
Convection Currents
The theory that the earth was made in 1 second and is still pr…
God created the world in 7 days
States that the continents were all 1 continent ( Pangea) and…
States that fluids are constantly moving in the mantle causing…
Big Bang Theory
The theory that the earth was made in 1 second and is still pr…
Creationism
God created the world in 7 days
Geologist
What are the two main types of evidence…
Direct evidence... (from rock samples)
Indirect evidence ... (from seismic waves)
A scientist who studies Earth's interior.
Direct evidence and Indirect evidence
Rocks drilled from deep inside Earth are used by geologists to…
Seismic waves produced by earthquakes allow geologists to meas…
Geologist
A scientist who studies Earth's interior.
What are the two main types of evidence…
Direct evidence and Indirect evidence
Equator
Minerals
Luster
Streak
Imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North an…
Naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical c…
Property of a mineral that describes quality or appearance of…
Property of mineral that describes its color in powdered form
Equator
Imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North an…
Minerals
Naturally occurring inorganic solid with a distinct chemical c…
weathering
erosion
wear down the material on Earth's crust
mechanical weathering
process that breaks down rock and other substances of Earth's…
removal of soil, rock particles, or dissolved material by wind…
Together, weathering and erosion work together to do what?
rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces
weathering
process that breaks down rock and other substances of Earth's…
erosion
removal of soil, rock particles, or dissolved material by wind…