Landforms
Seasons
Climate
Time Zones
Earth's Forces and Layers
100
plateau
What is the landform that is mostly flat and rises above the surrounding land?
100
the tilted planet Earth
What causes the seasons?
100
70 percent
What is the percent of water that covers the earth's surface?
100
24
What is the number of time zones on the Earth?
100
the process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces
What is weathering?
200
mouth
What is the landform called where the river flows into the ocean?
200
winter
What is the season that we have the fewest hours of sunlight?
200
precipitation
What is water that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, hail, or snow?
200
4:00 P.M.
When it is 2:00 P.M. in Los Angeles, what time is it in Sioux City?
200
the core
What is the innermost layer of the earth called?
300
volcano
What is the landform called that is an opening in the earth's crust from which lava flows?
300
Summer Solstice
What is the time when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest toward the sun?
300
temperature and rainfall
What are the two things that affect climate?
300
The imaginary line on the earth where the day begins and ends.
What is the International Date line?
300
the crust
What is the layer of the earth called that include the continents and the oceans?
400
glacier
What is a large slow-moving mass of ice and snow called?
400
a year
What is a full revolution of the earth called?
400
the Equator
Where are the more tropical, humid, and wet climates located on the earth?
400
Guatamala, Honduras, El Salvador
What countries in Latin America are in the same time zone as we are?
400
erosion
What is the removal of small pieces of rock by water, ice, or wind called?
500
isthmus
What is a narrow strip of land that has water on both sides and joins two larger bodies of land?
500
It provides heat and light
Why is the sun important to Earth?
500
Weather is the conditions of the air and sky from day to day and the climate is the average weather over many years.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
500
6:00 A.M.
What is the time in Denver, Colorado when it is 8:00 A.M. in New York?
500
plates
What are huge blocks of Earth's crust called?
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