Lakes
The _________ Sea, in Asia, is the largest lake in the world.
Caspian
These smaller rivers and streams contribute to the water of a river. They are called ________s.
tributaries
The mouth of a river is called the river's _________.
delta
Which has to do with a world-wide flood?: uniformitarianism or cataclysm
cataclysm
The outer surface of the earth is called its _______.
crust
How salty is the Dead Sea? (% salt)
37 %
The Nile and the Amazon Rivers are over how many miles long? (nearest thousand)
4000
A ring of islands surrounding a lagoon is called this.
atoll
Deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions
faults
The inner layer of the earth is called its _____.
core
Lake Titicaca, in South America, is the highest ____ lake in the world.
navigable
The term to describe the output of a river is the called the river's __________, the amount of water flowing into the ocean.
discharge
A thin strip of land connecting two larger land masses is called a(n) ________.
isthmus
This term means "one earth," which is a term to describe that, at one time, all of the land on the earth was connected.
Pangea
Areas on the earth where people can live:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
biosphere
Identify the Great Lakes
Huron/Ontario/Michigan/Erie/Superior
The n________________ of a river determines how far up river oceangoing vessels can travel.
navigability
A smaller mesa and a massive mesa (2 answers)
butte/plateau
The process by which environmental factors and conditions break rocks into smaller pieces
weathering
The molten rock in the earth's mantle
magma
Two unique characteristics of Lake Baikal in Russia
Deepest lake/Largest freshwater lake
The total area drained by the main river and its tributaries. (Hint: The river gets its water from this.). ____________ basin
drainage
a long, narrow sea inlet with steep cliffs or mountains on the sides, carved out by glaciers and filled with ocean water
fjord
After glaciers moved through an area, they left debris which is called terminal ___________.
moraine
The heat transfer that occurs when particles carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another
convection