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METHOD/MEASUREMENT

TermDefinition
GEOLOGY STUDY OF EARTH
ASTRONOMY STUDY OF SPACE
METEOROLOGY STUDY OF WEATHER, ATMOSPHERE, AND CLIMATE
OCEANOGRAPHY STUDY OF THE OCEANS
SCIENCE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SEEN OR OBSERVED
PSEUDOSCIENCE SOMETHING THAT HAS A BASIS IN SCIENCE AND ALSO NONSCIENCE
GEOSPHERE SOLID, ROCKY PORTIONS OF EARTH
BIOSPHERE ALL THE LIVING THINGS ON EARTH
ATMOSPHERE ALL THE GASES THAT SURROUND THE EARTH
HYDROSPHERE ALL THE WATER ON EARTH
QUANTATIVE NUMERICAL DATA
QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIVE DATA
DENSITY MASS DIVIDED BY VOLUME
WATER DISPLACEMENT VOLUME OF IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS
WHY DOES ICE FLOAT? LESS DENSE THAN WATER
MAP SCALE RATIO OF THE DISTANCE ON THE MAP TO THE ACTUAL DISTANCE ON EARTH
LATITUDE LINES MEASURED IN DEGREES NORTH OR SOUTH
LONGITUDE LINES MEASURED IN DEGREES EAST OR WEST
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP MAPS THAT SHOW ELEVATION
CONTOUR LINE LINES THAT CONNECT POINTS OF THE SAME ELEVATION
CONTOUR INTERVAL DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION BETWEEN 2 CONSECUTIVE CONTOUR LINES
DEPRESSION CONTOUR AREAS OF LOWER ELEVATION; "HACHURES"
THE CLOSER THE STEEPER MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER ABOUT TOPO MAPS
Created by: msannehtown
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