Vocab review quarter 1

Question 1

What is the lithosphere

Answer 1

Is a solid. Made of oxygen and silicon. Most abundant in crust.

Question 2

Hydrosphere

Answer 2

Liquid. Oceans

Question 3

Atmosphere

Answer 3

Gas. Troposphere is closest sea level and contains water vapor. Stratosphere contains the ozone layer.

Question 4

Shape of the earth

Answer 4

Oblate spheroid

Question 5

Altitude of Polaris

Answer 5

Northern latitude. USE MAP

Question 6

Latitude

Answer 6

Lines run horizontal across like the equator. 0-90 north of south

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

Lines run up and down. East and west of the prime meridian.

Question 8

Time zones

Answer 8

Separated by 15 degrees of the earths rotation east add a hour west back a hour

Question 9

Topographical maps

Answer 9

Maps that show the elevation of a piece of land

Question 10

Isoline

Answer 10

Line connecting point of equal value. Isobars- pressure. Isotherm-temp
Contour-elevation

Question 11

Tick marks

Answer 11

Depressions, the first tick marked line is the same elevation as adjacent contour lines

Question 12

Contour interval

Answer 12

Amount between contour lines, ocean is sea level 0’

Question 13

Lines close together

Answer 13

Steep gradient

Question 14

Direction of streams

Answer 14

Warner goes downhill. Opposite bends in contour lines. “V”

Question 15

Gradient

Answer 15

=change in field value
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Distance

Question 16

Minerals

Answer 16

Solid, naturally occurring, inorganic substances

Question 17

Mineral properties are due to

Answer 17

Internal atomic arrangement

Question 18

Calcite bible with

Answer 18

Acid. Rocks are made of calcite (marble, limestone, dolostone) also bubble

Question 19

Luster

Answer 19

How light is reflected metallic

Question 20

Hardness

Answer 20

Resistance to scratching (1-10).
Soft- can’t scratch glass less than 5.5
Hard- can scratch glass over 5.5

Question 21

Cleavage

Answer 21

Flat sides on a mineral, mineral breaks along planes of weak bonding

Question 22

Streak

Answer 22

Powdered form of a mineral, as found by using a streak plate