Vegetation region where there is much sunlight, heat, and rain. Thousands of plants grow in this region. There is a dense, leafy layer of the forest called a canopy.
What is tropical rain forest
100
The four oceans located on Earth
What is the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean
100
a string of volcanoes and earthquake belts around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire
100
Earth is in this Galaxy
What is the Milky Way
100
the path one body makes as it circles around another
What is orbit
200
A vegetation region where there are little to no plants and it is very hot and dry.
What is desert
200
The seven continents in the world
What is North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia
200
the three main layers of the earth
What is core, mantle, crust
200
The world has _____ time zones
What is 24
200
Plants that grow in a region
What is vegetation
300
an area of cold climate and low lying vegetation. Vegetation includes mosses, grasses, and low shrubs.
What is tundra
300
Three things that climate depends on
What is lcoation, wind, water
300
Long ago the Earth had one huge continent. We call it ________
What is Pangaea
300
The continential United States has ______ time zones
What is 4
300
the sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth
What is core
400
Area around the poles, thick ice caps form on land. No vegetation can grow here.
What is Ice Cap and Pack Ice
400
when Earth makes a complete turn. This takes 24 hours
What is rotation
400
Cracks in the Earth's crust
What is faults
400
Two factors that cause change in temeratures during the seasons
What is the Earth's tilt and orbit
400
a huge block of Earth's crust
What is plate
500
Vegetation region with semiarid and humid continental climates. Has a mix of tall grasses sometimes called a prairie.
What is temperate grassland
500
the average weather over many years
What is climate
500
the removal of small pieces of rock by water, ice, or wind
what is erosion
500
Circular motion; the orbit around the sun
What is revolution
500
a process that breaks rocks down into small pieces