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Topic/Objective:
Name: _____________________________________
Date: ______________________________________
Class/Period: _______________________________
A View of Earth Unit 1 Ch. 2
pages 7-10
Key Concepts(s):
**highlight vocabulary words:
1. What are the 4 major spheres of Earth? Hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, biosphere
core, mantle, crust, all 4 spheres
2. What defines the three main parts of the solid earth? Inner core, outer core
3. What theory explains the position of continents and the occurrence of volcanoes and earthquakes?
What are the earths
4 major spheres?
1. HYDROSPHERE:
a. the _____________________ is the most prominent feature of the
hydrosphere.
IT IS ______% of the Earth’s surface and holds
______% of earths water.
b. Besides the ocean it includes _____________ ____________ found in
streams, lakes, ponds and ____________________.
2. ATMOSPHERE:
a. _____________ blanket of air around earth
3. BIOSPHERE:
a. Includes all ____________
b. Goes from the surface and extends upward for _____________
kilometers into the atmosphere.
4. GEOSPHERE:
Consists of these 3 parts:
a. _______________ - thin, rocky outer layer of Earth
b. ________________ - thick layer of Earth located below the crust.
c. ________________ - the innermost layer of Earth, located
beneath the mantle.
What does the inner
earth look like?
** Using colored pencils draw a diagram of the Earth labeling
the 3 main parts of the Geosphere.
** Summarize the Plate Tectonics theory here:
Topic/Objective:
Representing Earths Surface Unit 1 Ch. 3
Name: _____________________________________
Date: ______________________________________
Class/Period: _______________________________
pages 11-17
Key Concepts(s):
1. What lines on a globe are used to indicate location?
2. What problems do mapmakers face when making maps
3. How do topographic maps differ from other maps?
How do we determine
location on the Earth?
**highlight vocabulary words:
latitude, longitude, topographic map
contour line & interval
Lines on the globe that are used to determine location are called:.
1 . _______________________ - which is the distance north or south of
the equator, measured in ___________________.
2. ________________________ - is the distance east or west of the
prime meridian, measured in ____________________.
**On the circle to the left, draw in black the lines of latitude,
and draw in red the lines of longitude. (See pg. 11 in book)
What are some of the
problems of _____________________________________________________________
representing Earth’s _____________________________________________________________
surface?
_____________________________________________________________
What are topographic These maps represent Earth’s _____________________ in 3 dimensions:
maps?
1. ______________________________________
2. ______________________________________
3. ______________________________________
Define CONTOUR LINES:
Define CONTOUR INTERVALS:
*Look on pg 14 of book - How are topographic maps different than other
maps.
* Draw a small example to the left with colored pencils:
*what kind of advanced technology are used in mapmaking today?
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