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What do you call scientists who study weather pattens?
Meteorologists.
What happens when the moon passes entirely into the earths umbra?
"Umbra" means "shadow". When the Moon enters the Earth's shadow, we call that a "total lunar eclipse".
What is the trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere?
We call it the greenhouse effect, which is natural, or the enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect which is causing global warming.
What do scientists call information collected from observations?
Scientists call information collected from observations data. Data can be qualitative (descriptive) or quantitative (numerical), and it is analyzed and used to draw conclusions or make predictions in scientific research.
Meteors that reach the earths surface are called?
A meteor IS a what you call a body of matter when it enters earth's atmosphere. A meteoroid is what you call a body of matter in space that hasn't entered earth's atmosphere. Source: Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meteor
What do scientists call a rock that strikes earth's surface?
Meteorites. When floating in space they are called meteoroids, they are then called meteors when they enter the earths atmosphere at high speeds, burning up brightly as shooting stars for a brief period due to the friction against the gas in the atmosphere. If any surviving pieces are found on the surface, they are called meteorites.
What do you call the process where light is taken in when it strikes a surface?
I call that "absorption".
What do you call shapes on earths surface?
landforms
What do we call a measure of height above earths surface?
Height above earths surface is called elevation
What do they call a rock that strickes earths surface?
A meteorite.
What do scientists call the giant puzzle pieces that make up the earths surface?
Scientists call the giant puzzle pieces that make up the Earth's surface "tectonic plates." These plates are large sections of the Earth's crust that float on the semi-fluid layer below and interact with each other, causing phenomena like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What do you call a gap in the earths crust through which molten rock escapes onto the earths surface?
Volcano or shield volcano.
What is the liquid rock call when it is on the earths surface?
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What do you call the point of the earths surface directly above where an earthquake originates?
The epicenter
What do you call an object that survives earth's atmosphere and strikes the surface?
An object that survives Earth's atmosphere and strikes the surface is called a meteorite. It is a fragment of a meteoroid that has passed through the atmosphere and landed on Earth.
What do we call a fractured surface in earths crust where a mass of rocks is in motion?
Butt face
What do you call the hot thick substance under the earths surface?
You're thinking of magma.
