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2. This event occurs every 24 hours.

3. Rotation of the Earth

4. When the sun’s rays hit their highest point in the Northern Hemisphere

5. Summer Solstice

6. The moon is considered a natural one of these.

7. Satellite

8. When the north pole is tilted away from the sun, the southern hemisphere is in this season.

9. Summer

10. The earth is tilted on its axis at this angle.

11. 23.5 degrees

12. Two types of crust that cover the entire surface of planet earth

13. Continental and Oceanic

14. This is found between the earth’s crust and outer core.

15. The Mantle

16. This layer of the earth is composed of liquid iron (Fe).

17. The Outer Core

18. This substance erupted from earth’s interior in the early days of Planet Earth covering 75% of its surface.

19. Water

20. This type of fault exists where plates slide horizontally against one another; moderate quakes.

21. Strike-Slip Fault

22. A point whose latitude is 0 degrees is located here.

23. The Equator

24. A point halfway between the equator and the north pole has this latitude

25. 45 degrees

26. The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian is this

27. Longitude

28. El Nino is a long-term change in an atmospheric circulation in this ocean

29. The Pacific

30. This is the 3 rd largest portion of the Global Ocean

31. The Indian Ocean

32. The first step in the scientific method

33. Identify a Problem or Ask a Question

34. A proposed solution to a problem

35. Hypothesis

36. This observation demonstrates the expansion of the universe and supports the Big Bang theory.

37. Red Shift

38. A correct and consistent statement that describes a natural phenomenon.

39. A Scientific Law

40. This theory explains the extinction of the dinosaurs.

41. Meteorite Impact Hypothesis

42. Underwater mountain chain formed at divergent oceanic boundaries

43. Mid-Ocean Ridge

44. Mountain range formed from the Indian Plate colliding with Eurasia.

45. The Himalays

46. Instrument used to measure seismic waves and earthquakes

47. Seismograph

48. The boundary of the Pacific Plate, whose name implies tons of earthquakes and volcanoes

49. Pacific Ring of Fire

50. The rigid “sphere” of earth’s surface that is broken into tectonic plates

51. Lithosphere