Inside the earth | Earth's movement | Map Skills | What covers the earth |
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See diagram.
Use the diagram showing the Earth orbiting the sun to decide which season it is in the Northern hemisphere when the Earth reaches each of the four positions.
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Earth was believed to be created.
What happened 4.5 billion years ago?
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an axis
What is an imaginary line that runs from one pole, through the center of the Earth, to the other pole
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water
What covers 70% of the earth's surface?
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Mantle
What is the middle layer of the Earth called?
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The tilted axis of the Earth causes the seasons.
What causes the seasons on earth?
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a globe
What is a sphere, or ball, that has a map of the earth on its surface?
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latitude
Lines of ___________________ run from east to west.
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crust
The layer of the Earth that can range from 4 miles to 25 miles in thickness is the _____________________.
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orbit
What is a closed, curved path around the sun?
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The zero degree line of longitude
Find the prime meridian on a map.
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Longitude
Each time zone covers about 15 degrees of what?
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core
Nickel and iron make up the ________________ of the earth
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The rotation of the Earth
What causes day and night?
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It is the imaginary line that circles the Earth halfway between the north and south poles
Find the equator on a map.
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1pm
You live in Boston and work as a telephone sales person. You sell your products to offices all over the US. Use a time zone map to decide when to return a call in Atlanta at exactly 1pm in Atlanta. At what time in your time zone should you call?
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core, mantle, crust
What are the three layers of the earth, from inside to outside?
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one revolution of the Earth around the sun
What is one year equal to?
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The equator runs east to west around the earth and the prime meridian ruse north to south. Both are at zero degrees and are an imaginary line through the center or the earth.
Compare and contrast the equator and prime meridian.
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From 9 to 10.
You live in Boston and work as a telephone sales person. You sell your products to offices all over the US. Use a time zone map to decide during what hours in your time zone should you not call San Francisco because they will be on their noon lunch hour
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