The Earth and It's Forces
Bodies of Water and Landforms
Climate and Vegetation
Environmental Challenges
Vocabulary
100
They float on magma.
Why do tectonic plates move?
100
A very large landmass on the Earth's surface.
What is a continent?
100
This is what causes the seasons.
What is Earth's tilt?
100
Farmers plowing grass that holds down soil and cutting down trees that serve as a windbreak, is an example of this.
What is desertification?
100
These large sections of Earth's crust are in constant motion.
What are tectonic plates?
200
This massive force produces a tsunami.
What is a volcano?
200
A place where most of Earth's freshwater is stored.
What are frozen icecaps?
200
This area of the world is one of the hottest areas on Earth.
What is the equator?
200
This common greenhouse gas traps heat in the atmosphere.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
200
The gradual physical and chemical breakdown of rocks on the Earth's surface.
What is weathering?
300
This force is caused by pressure being applied to molten rock in an underground chamber.
What is a volcanic eruption?
300
97% of Earth's water supply.
What is salt water?
300
Solar energy, wind, landforms, bodies of water, water vapor, cloud cover, and elevation cause this.
What is the cause of weather?
300
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of this and produce carbon dioxide when burned.
What are fossil fuels?
300
The circulation of water between the Earth, the oceans, and the atmosphere.
What is the hydrologic cycle?
400
Sand being washed down stream is an example of this.
What is sediment?
400
When water droplets cool, become too heavy, and fall to the ground.
What is precipitation?
400
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail are examples of this.
What are examples of precipitation?
400
This 1997 agreement went into effect in 2005, as many nations from around the world agreed to reduce carbon emissions.
What is the Kyoto protocol?
400
The time during the year when the sun reaches the farthest northern or southern point in the sky.
What is solstice?
500
Large sheets of ice that cause weathering of the landscape.
What are glaciers?
500
Water soaking into the ground, running off into rivers, or underground water tables.
What is runoff?
500
Tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high latitude, and highland are examples of this.
What are the world climate regions?
500
Using natural resources in a way so that they exist for future generations is called this.
What is sustainable?
500
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a given time.
What is weather?
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