Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Atmosphere |
The layer of air surrounding the earth,
|
|
|
Lithosphere
|
The solid part of the planet.
Includes: - core -crust -mantle |
|
|
Hydrosphere
|
The part of the geosphere that is made up of water.
|
|
|
Biosphere
|
The zone of the planet where life is found.
|
|
|
Ecosystems
|
a unique community within the ecosphere
|
|
|
Open system
|
a system that is not seperate from its environment but transfers matter into and out of it
|
|
|
Closed system
|
a system where there is no transfer of matter into or out of a structure |
|
|
Geosphere
|
the earth, including:
-atmosphere -lithosphere -hydrosphere -biosphere |
|
|
Absolute location
|
Geographers use latitude and longitude to pinpoint a place's absolute, or exact, location. |
|
|
Relative location
|
Relative locations deal with the interactions that occur between and among places. |
|
|
Topographic map
|
A map type showing a limited set of features but including at the minimum information about elevations or landforms. |
|
|
Latitude
|
The angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
|
|
|
Longitude
|
the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich
|
|
|
Second
|
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
|
|
|
Asthenosphere
|
A layer of soft but solid, mobile rock comprising the lower part of the upper mantle from about 100 to 350 kilometers beneath the Earth's surface.
|
