1. Earth Structure Vocabulary Words


Earth Structure Vocabulary Words



Earth Structure Vocabulary Words
 
Crust
Mantle
Lithosphere
Aesthenosphere
Outer core
Inner core
Convection currents
 
Latitude      contour lines      topography
Longitude      quadrangle      relief
Meridian      map scale
Parallel      contour interval
Prime meridian    depression / contours
Greenwich, England    benchmark
International Dateline    slope
Equator      elevation
North and South Poles  gradient
Rotation      profile
 
 
** Be able to quickly sketch the different layers of the Earth from memory and give relative depths.
** Be able to identify whether the layer is solid, or liquid.
** Be able to draw a convection current’s flow
** Be able to locate a point and name its latitude and longitude degrees, using degrees, minutes and seconds.
**Be able to locate on a globe major meridians and parallels.
**Be able to calculate time changes moving east or west across the US according to time zones
**Be able to identify the time of the Earth’s rotation.
**Be able to read a topographic map, read elevations, and describe relief from map
**Be able to calculate gradient between two points.
** Be able to draw a profile from the map between two points.
** Be able to estimate distances on a map, using the map scale.

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