Earth Science:measuring The Earth Review

Front 1

Lattitude

Back 1

Imaginary lines that run east to west but measure north to south.

Front 2

Longitude

Back 2

Run North South and measure East to West

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Polaris

Back 3

(North Star) Lattitude determined from the altitude of Polaris

Front 4

The sun rises in the _____.

Back 4

East

Front 5

The sun sets in the _____.

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West

Front 6

Which way does the earth rotate? (clockwise or counterclockwise?)

Back 6

counterclockwise

Front 7

What is the Earth's rotation rate?

Back 7

15 degrees per hour

Front 8

0 degrees Longitude is the _____ __________.

Back 8

Prime Meridean

Front 9

The International Date line in _____ degrees longitude.

Back 9

180

Front 10

Greenwich meantime is also known as _______.

Back 10

Zulu time

Front 11

What is the actual shape of the earth?

Back 11

Oblate Spheroid

Front 12

What is an oblate Spheroid?

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Flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator.

Front 13

Evidence of the Earth's Shape:

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-Ships "disapearing"
-eclipses
-photos from space
-observations of the altitude of polaris

Front 14

What is a perfect example of the Earth's shape?

Back 14

Ping Pong ball

Front 15

Releif

Back 15

Change in elevation

Front 16

Solar Noon

Back 16

the time when the sun is the highest in the sky at any given location

Front 17

Clock time

Back 17

Based on 0 degrees Longitude and the distance in degrees east or west longitude from the Prime Meridean

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Will the sun ever be directly overhead in NY?

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no

Front 19

The sun is always in the _______ part of the sky.

Back 19

southern

Front 20

What are the earth's three spheres?

Back 20

Atmoshere,lithosphere,hydrosphere

Front 21

Which of the spheres is solid? Liquid? gas?

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Solid-Lithosphere
Liquid-Hydrosphere
Gas-Atmosphere

Front 22

feild

Back 22

a region of space with a measurable quantity at every point

Front 23

Isolines

Back 23

lines that connect points of equal feild value on a map

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Contour Lines show______.

Back 24

elevation

Front 25

Isobars show _____.

Back 25

pressure

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Isotherms show _______.

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Temperature

Front 27

Scalar feild

Back 27

a feild that has only magnitude, no direction (elevation, temperature, pressure)

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Vectar Feild

Back 28

a feild that shows magnitude and direction (wind)

Front 29

What is the formula for gradient?

Back 29

Change in Feild Value
G= Distance

Front 30

What is profile?

Back 30

Side View of an area in elevation