Earth Science 703 Word Scramble
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What is Pangaea? | The name of the single landmass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave the rise of the today's continents. |
Who is Wegener? | A German scientist who came up the theory of Pangaea with evidence to prove his theory however cannot prove what cause Pangaea to split apart. |
Name the 3 parts of the Earth. | 1.Crust 2.Mantle 3.Core |
What is continental crust and oceanic crust? | Continental Crust-Thick layer under the continents.Oceanic Crust-Thin layer under the ocean. |
What cause Pangaea to split? | Continental Drift caused by tectonic plates. |
What caused the tectonic plates to move rapidly causing Pangaea to split? | The heat in the mantle causes the tectonic plates to stir rapidly and moving in all directions. |
How do you find density? | Divide the mass of the object by the volume of the object. D=m/v. |
What is the equator? | imaginary line that wraps around Earth at O degrees halfway between the north and south poles. |
What is a key? | A small box full of helpful images that can help you read a map. |
What is volume? | Volume is the Length times Width times Height of an object. |
What is Mass? | Mass is the amount of matter an object takes up. |
What is longitude? | distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian. |
What is latitude? | distance in degrees north or south of the equator. |
What is Prime Meridian? | Imaginary line that represents 0 degrees longitude and runs from the north pole through Greenwich, England to the south pole. |
What is a map legend? | A small box that contains information about objects in the map. |
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