quarter exam 1 Flashcards
what comes first longitude or latitude
latitude
does latitude/longitude measure NSEW
latitude;NS longitude;EW
what is the best evidence that earth rotates on its axis?
the Focal pendulum
a fine textred rock would have formed at what speed compared to a large grained one and where
small grain-fast- extrusive
large-slow-intrusive
what type of rock forms at the open crust and what color is it
basalt and its black or dark colored
how can you determine the steepness of slope
using the gradient formula in the ESRT
how many d/h does the earth rotate?
15d/h
around what star do the other circumsolar stars rotate about?
polaris
difference between chemical and physical weathering to rocks?
Chemical; creates new compounds like rust
Physical; changes shape of rock
what property of a rock may make it amuse to chemical weathering?
its chemical makeup
when pieces of bedrock were to roll down the side of a mountain, are they stored or unsorted? are the fragments angler or rounded?
these fragments would be angular and unsorted
where is Polaris directly overhead geographically on earth?
the north pole
what makes fragments of rocks rounded and angular?
the length of travel; erosion
hoe do contour lines show the direction of flow in a stream?
the v that is formed by the contour lines is poised upstream
how does Dimond formation differ from grafite
grafite chemical makes is in sheets where none are interconnected. while diamonds compounds connect in many different directions making it much harder.
