Landforms
Climates
Water
Vocabulary
Plate Tectonics
100
This is the highest of all landforms.
What is a mountain?
100
A pattern of weather that takes place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
70% of the earth's surface is covered by this.
What is water?
100
A large landmass that rises above the ocean.
What is a continent?
100
The earth's crust is made up of
What are many plates that move?
200
Low-lying flat land.
What is a plain?
200
Changes in temperature and moisture over a short period of time.
What is weather?
200
Most of our freshwater comes from this.
What is polar ice caps?
200
A steadily flowing stream of water in the ocean.
What is a current?
200
When 2 plates slides towards each other (smash) this is known as ?
What is convergent boundaries?
300
Steep-sided lowlands that rivers cut through.
What is a canyon?
300
Temperatures can be warm or mild, rainfall very low and unreliable, and located in many desert regions.
What is a dry climate?
300
Oceans, gulfs, and seas are examples of this.
What are bodies of saltwater?
300
Underground layer of rock through which water flows.
What is an aquifer?
300
Earthquakes and faults are the result of this boundary movement.
What is transform boundaries?
400
Flat areas that are at higher elevations.
What is a plateau?
400
Warm temperatures, heavy rainfall, and dense rainforest are all characteristics of this climate.
What is a tropical climate?
400
This is a landmass that is completely surrounded by water?
What is an island?
400
Water, ice, chemicals, and plants, break apart rocks
What is weathering?
400
The Mid-Atlantic Mountain Range is an example of what type of plate boundary?
What are divergent boundaries?
500
A plateau that lies off the coast of each continent.
What is a continental shelf?
500
This climate varies depending on local conditions, changes with altitude, and typically can be found.
What is a Highland climate?
500
Most hurricanes occur in what parts of the world?
What are the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans?
500
Process of weathered bits of rocks are moved by wind, ice, and water.
What is erosion?
500
Many mountains and volcanoes are the result of?
What are two plates that are colliding?
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