Chapter 1 Vocabulary

3. Study of the earth
5. Distance north or south of the equator
7. Consists of all life on Earth and all parts of the Earth in which life exists.
9. the study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather and climate
12. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas.
14. A scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it.
15. inner sphere of the Earth; rich in Nickel and Iron
17. Interval On a topographic map, tells the distance in elevation between adjacent contour lines.
19. Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees

1. the scientific study of the oceans
2. The mostly solid, rocky part of the Earth; extends from the center of the core to the surface of the crust.
4. A well-established, highly reliable explanation of a natural or physical phenomenon
6. a life-sustaining, thin, gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth
8. Line A line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation of the land
10. Science is the name for the group of sciences that deals with earth and its neighbors in space
11. Map represents Earth's three-dimensional surface in two dimensions
13. The study of the universe
16. a group of interacting or interdependent parts that form a complex whole
17. The thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle
18. the layer of the earth between the crust and the core