Key Terms
Key Terms
Climates
Earth
Earth
100
how hot or cold the air feels
What is temperature?
100
Wide, flat areas or gently rolling lands
What are plains?
100
Influences the climate of an area..... a. the size b. the latitude c. the day of the week d. the position of the planets
What is latitude?
100
The Earth travels completely around the sun
What is every year?
100
Covers most of the Earth's surface
What is water?
200
A thick blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth
What is atmosphere?
200
A resource that can be replaced
What is a renewable resource?
200
Moderate climates are generally found in
What is in the middle latitudes?
200
Without wind and water working together, the Earth would
What is overheat?
200
Any material from the Earth that humans use in meeting their needs
What is a natural resource?
300
A huge piece of the outer skin of the Earth's crust
What is a plate?
300
The day-to-day changes in the air
What is weather?
300
The vegetation on a polar climate
What are lichens and mosses?
300
Causes of weathering
What are wind, rain, and ice?
300
Materials created over millions of years from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals
What are fossil fuels?
400
Plants that grow in an area naturally
What is vegetation?
400
One trip of the Earth around the sun
What is a revolution?
400
The Earth's climate is affected by latitude, landforms, and a combination of...
What is wind and water?
400
Mountains, plains, and plateaus are
What are landforms?
400
When the Earth's crust moves, the Earth's surface...
What is changes?
500
A resource that cannot be replaced when used up
What is a nonrenewable resource?
500
The Earth moves around the sun on a path
What is an orbit?
500
The major climate regions on Earth
What are tropical, dry, polar, moderate, and continental?
500
Results from the Earth's tilt
What are seasons?
500
there is a great deal of vegetation due to a lot of sunlight and water
What is the rain forest?
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