9/11/16 flashcards science

Question 1

Atmosphere

Answer 1

The envelope of gasses that surround earth.

Question 2

Contour Map

Answer 2

A map that shows elevations of the surface it depicts.

Question 3

Field

Answer 3

Any region of space that has some measurable value at every point in that region.

Question 4

Gradient

Answer 4

The rate of change from location to location within a field.

Question 5

Hydrosphere

Answer 5

All of the water that rests on and in the lithosphere.

Question 6

Isoline

Answer 6

A line used on a model of a field such as a map that connects points.

Question 7

Latitude

Answer 7

Angular distance north or south of the equator.

Question 8

Lithosphere

Answer 8

The rigid crust and uppermost part of the mantel.

Question 9

Longitude

Answer 9

Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 10

Meridian

Answer 10

Imaginary semicircles on earth’s surface representing longitude which converge at the poles.

Question 11

Polaris

Answer 11

The north star, which is located almost directly above earth’s geographic north pole.

Question 12

Prime Meridian

Answer 12

The reference line for longitude, which passes through Greenwich England.

Question 13

Profile

Answer 13

A side view of Earth’s surface.

Question 14

Slope

Answer 14

The inclined surface of a land feature.

Question 15

Topographic map

Answer 15

See contour map : 3