Earth Science Chapter 3-4
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- What does the nucleas include?
- protons and nuetrons
- combination of 2 or more substances that aren't chemically combined
- mixture
- What are contour lines used for?
- to show elevation
- How many minutes is a latitude equal to?
- 1.85 km
- What is the purpose of Great Circles?
- to make traveling faster.
- Smallest unit that can exist by itself and retain all of a substances chemical properties
- Molecules
- Describe to how a substance reacts with other substances to produce different substances is called________?
- chemical properties
- What is matter?
- Anything that takes up space and has mass.
- What are the 3 scales used in map making?
- graphic, fractional, and verbal
- Where does latitude run?
- North to south
- Where does a compass' needle point to?
- Geomagnetic poles
- What are the 2 ways to find information for maps?
- remote sensing and field surverying
- Where does longitude run?
- East to West
- What does the Electron Cloud consist of?
- electrons
- Can be observed without changing the composition of the substance is called________?
- physical properties
- What is elevation?
- The height above sea level
- How is the Atomic # determined?
- by the number of protons and electrons
- Atom that has the same number of Protons as the atoms of the same element but has a different number of nuetrons
- Isotope
- Carries a charge
- ions
- Where are the Geographic poles?
- the North and South poles
- Force between oppositely charged ions that result from the transfer of electrons from one atom to another
- ionic bond
- What is the degree for sea level?
- 0
- a homogeanous mixture of 2 or more substances that are uniformly dispersed throughout the mixture
- solution
- What is a relief?
- the difference between highest and lowest points
- or more different elements joined by chemical bonds
- Compounds
- Who uses Great Circles?
- navigators
- sum of the number of protons and nuetrons in an atom
- atomic mass
- formed by the attraction between atoms that share electrons
- Covalent bond