Earth’s Dimensions and Navigation (Chapter 2)

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Earth’s Dimensions and Navigation (Chapter 2) Vocabulary Review Remember to wait for the vocabulary word to pop up! Can you guess it before it comes up? PB2009

Angular measurement East and West of the Equator Longitude Angular measurement East and West of the Equator ????? http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/globe5.jpg

Angular measurement North and South of the Equator Latitude Angular measurement North and South of the Equator ????? http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/images/globe5.jpg

Zero degrees longitude Prime Meridian Zero degrees longitude http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/images/latlon800labels.gif

The standard global time Greenwich Mean Time The standard global time http://www.naked-science.com/userfiles/image/time_zone_map.JPG

Lithosphere Solid rock layer http://sci.gallaudet.edu/Mary/lithosphere.jpg http://www.earthscienceeducation.com/creative_science/main_images/Chemistry_KS4/Chem_KS4_plenary_lithosphere.jpg

A very thin film of all of the water that surrounds the Earth Prefix Alert!! Hydro means water Hydrosphere A very thin film of all of the water that surrounds the Earth http://sos.noaa.gov/images/fullsize/Ocean/seacurrents.jpg

Outer shell of gases that surrounds the Earth Atmosphere Outer shell of gases that surrounds the Earth http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/images/atmosphere_mural.jpg http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Mars_Earth_atmosphere_comparison.jpg

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs Troposphere The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/img/atmosphere-couche.jpg http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~oss006/meteorology/troposphere.jpg

A layer of gas approximately 10-30 miles up in our atmosphere Stratosphere A layer of gas approximately 10-30 miles up in our atmosphere http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/img/atmosphere-couche.jpg http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/images/Stratosphere_Diagram.jpeg

Oblate Slightly flattened http://www.librarising.com/hollow/images/oblate.jpg http://www.parade.com/export/sites/default/food/recipe-tips/kitchen/images/refimages/bread/prep/shaping/ring/ring_2.jpg

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