CK12 Earth Science
Inside the Science Laboratory If you work in the science lab, you may come across dangerous materials or situations. Sharp objec ...
Figure 1.8: Safety Equipment in the Laboratory. ( 6 ) Bring sufficient supplies like food and water, even for a short trip. Deh ...
Figure 1.9: Outdoor Excursions. ( 15 ) tank. In the tank with no oil, the average growth was 2.57cm. The average growth of the s ...
Vocabulary conceptual model An abstract, mental representation of something using thoughts and ideas instead of physical objects ...
Describe the field of oceanography as a branch of Earth Science that has several sub- divisions that deal with the various aspe ...
Figure 1.10: Earth as seen from Apollo 17. ( 5 ) Figure 1.11: Mineralogists focus on all kinds of minerals. ( 16 ) ...
Figure 1.12: Seismographs are used to measure earthquakes and pinpoint their origins. ( 19 ) ...
specialties in geology that there is probably an expert in almost anything you can think of related to the Earth (Figure1.13). F ...
Figure 1.14: Physical oceanography studies things like currents and waves. ( 17 ) Climatology and Meteorology Meteorologists don ...
Figure 1.15: Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is causing global warming. ( 3 ) Figure 1.16: When hurricanes are accur ...
Astronomy Astronomershave proven that our Earth and solar system are not the only set of planets in the universe. By 2007, over ...
Other Branches of Earth Science Geology, oceanography, and meteorology represent a large part of Earth science, while as- tronom ...
glaciologists study glaciers and ice. None of these scientific endeavors would be possible without geographers who explore the f ...
Vocabulary astronomers Scientists who study the universe, galaxies and stars. geology The study of the rocks, processes and hist ...
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Chapter 2 Studying Earth’s Surface 2.1 Introduction to Earth’s Surface Lesson Objectives Distinguish between location and direc ...
and longitude form a grid that measures distance from a reference point. You will learn about this type of grid when we discuss ...
Figure 2.2: A compass rose shows the various directions, such as North (N), East (E), South (S), West (W) and various combinatio ...
Figure 2.3: Earth’s magnetic north pole is about 11 degrees offset from its geographic north pole on the axis of rotation. ( 5 ) ...
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