Vocab
The movement of sediment from one location to another?
What is Weathering
What is groundwater?
What different water sources are available on Earth?
salt water, fresh water, and glaciers
Which factors influence the amount of energy that different places on Earth receive from the sun?
Earth's tilt, rotation, revolution, and latitude
Why do the Northern and Southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons?
One hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
Areas receive indirect rays from the sun, they have cooler temperatures?
What is High Latitude
The planet's tilt affects the amount of this Earth receives from the sun.
What is erosion
How does the water cycle keep Earth's water supply constant?
Constantly evaporating, rising up to the atmosphere, and falling back as precipitation.
What might happen to the amount of solar energy we receive if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
No seasons, solar energy would stay the same
What is a landform?
This takes 364 1/2 days for Earth to complete around the sun?
What is a rotation
This water is found underground?
What are glaciers
Lakes and rivers
Changes in solar energy that cause night and day are examples of?
What are some examples of landforms?
What are hills and mountains
Streams are formed when this collects in narrow channels
What is precipitation
This type of water is found in streams?
What is freshwater
What solutions can you think to stop water pollution?
Which region on Earth has seasons tied to the amount of rainfall?
The tropics
Why are Earth's landforms still changing?
What is they rest on the tectonic plates and are always moving
This causes erosion as they flow downhill, carving valleys and mountain peaks
What are earthquakes
This type of water is found in the ocean?
What are oceans
What water problems affect people around the world?
What are drought and pollution
What season would Australia experience on December 25th?
What is summer
What physical features dominate Stone Bank?
What are hills, lakes, and rivers