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15 Cards in this Set
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Geology |
The study of Earth |
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Oceanography |
The study of the composition and movements of seawater, coastal processes, seafloor photography, and marine life |
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Meteorology |
The study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate |
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Astronomy |
The study of the universe |
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Hydrosphere |
The water portion of our planet |
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Atmosphere |
Earth's gaseous envelope |
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Geosphere |
any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere |
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Biosphere |
made up off all the life-forms on Earth |
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Core |
Dense, inner sphere in the middle of the earth |
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Mantle |
the region of the earth's interior between the crust and the core, believed to consist of hot, dense silicate rocks |
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Crust |
The outer layer of the earth |
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Latitude |
The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees |
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Longitude |
The distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
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Topographic maps |
represents Earth's three-dimensional surface in two dimensions |
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contour interval |
tells you the difference in elevation between adjacent lines |
