7 datasets found

Rainfall is essential for life on Earth. Rain is a main source of fresh water for plants and animals. These maps show where and how much rain fell around the world on the dates...

Looking at Earth from outer space, clouds are easy to spot. Clouds are draped all around Earth like bright white decorations. Clouds are important to scientists because they...

This map shows where tiny, floating plants live in the ocean. These plants, called phytoplankton, are an important part of the ocean's food chain because many animals (such as...

Every day, the Sun shines on Earth. Ice and snow and bright white clouds reflect some light back into space. The rest of the light is absorbed by the atmosphere, land surfaces...

Land surface temperature is how hot or cold the ground feels to the touch. An anomaly is when something is different from average. These maps show where Earth’s surface was...

This map shows the temperature of Earth's lands during the daytime. Temperature is a measure of how warm or cold an object is. During the day, the Sun's rays warm Earth's lands....

This .kmz file is a file which loads in Google Earth. It is the plate boundaries provided by the USGS. It is used in the Google Earth Plate Boundaries activity.