A circle. (or approximately a circle if you look closely the mountains and valleys that the cross section cuts through disturb the circle). a mathematical sphere will give a mathematical circle at all cross sections.
sometimes, the map view of an area is not enough. you can get a better feeling for the topography of earths surface from a profile view,or cross section. A profile view looks as though you were standing on earths surface and looking toward the horizon. examine the map view and profile view.
It is called the Earth's ORBIT around the Sun.
Scientists who study earth's oceans are called oceanographers.
The water part of the Earth is called the hydrosphere. It is estimated that there are 1386 million cubic kilometers of water on the Earth.
We are called Earth. "Blue Planet" is a nickname for Earth, since our planet comprises primarily of water.
Any way you slice the earth, you get a chunk whose outline is a circle. (or approximately a circle if you look closely the mountains and valleys that the cross section cuts through disturb the circle). a mathematical sphere will give a mathematical circle at all cross sections.
A Cross-Section of the Earth
It is a cross section of the Earth. It has no specific name. You can find one at the link below
The Equator
The cross section of earth exposed by digging.
Along with their attached rigid uppermost mantle, they are referred to as tectonic plates.
A cross section of Earth cut from pole to pole would reveal a roughly circular shape. This is because Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning it is slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator due to its rotation.
You can't see the outline because there is no outline on the earth. It is just made in maps to make it easier to go somewhere.
The densest layer of the Earth's cross-section is the inner core, which is composed primarily of solid iron and nickel. The inner core has a density of about 12.8 to 13.1 grams per cubic centimeter, making it the most dense layer of the Earth.
My $210 Physical Geography class text book does not have the answer. It just says it would be smaller than the diameter of a cross section through the equator.
It is the fault.
1. Are you talking about a specific cross section which you have? Without seeing it, there is no way to answer the question. 2. Are you talking about in general? It depends on how deep the soil samples were obtained or if in a trench-type sampling, it depends on what you are seeing. For example, if your plug sample is only 6" deep then that is as deep as the cross section shows! If you dig a trench 4' deep and then look at the side and see that the soil extends down to 18", then the cross section would show 18" as the depth.