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Science words Topic
Science words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atmosphere | The layers of gases surrounding Earth or other celestial object |
| contour lines | isolines on topographic map |
| coordinate system | a grid or system of lines for determaning locations |
| Crust | the outter layer of earth |
| Earths interior | the region extending from the rocky part of earths surface to the earths center |
| elevation | the vertical distance or height above or below sea level |
| equator | The parallel on earth midway between the north and south pole |
| field | Any part of earth that is measurable |
| gradient | Rate of change from place to place within a field, also known as a slope |
| hydrosphere | The liquid water (mostly oceans) tha rests on much of the Earth's solid or rocky surface; |
| isoline | a line used on a model of a field, such as a map, which connects points of equal value of a field quantity |
| latitude | angular distance north or south of the equator |
| lithosphere | the whole crust and uppermost portion of the mantle |
| longitude | an angular distance east or west of the prime meridian |
| meridian of longitude | any north-south semicircle of constant longitude on maps and globes connecting the north and south deopgraphic poles |
| model | way of representing the properties of an object or system |
| pauses | The interfaces, or boundaries, of the layers of Earth's atmosphere |
| prime meridian | the meridian of 0 degrees longitude |
| profile | model drawn of the topographic map |
| topographic map | model of elevation of land |
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