Vocabulary
Earth's Landforms
Earth's Bodies of Water
Earth's Climates and Vegetation
Population and Settlement
100
Another word for dry
What is arid
100
The carrying away of land by forces of nature
What is erosion
100
A giant ocean wave caused by earthquakes and severe storms
What is a tidal wave
100
Another word for plant life
What is vegetation
100
The movement of people
What is migration
200
The condition or state of the atmosphere at a particular time
What is weather
200
Melted rock within the Earth
What is magma
200
The land drained by a river system
What is a drainage basin
200
The sea of gases surrounding the Earth
What is the atmosphere
200
Many of the world's first people settled
What is along rivers
300
These landforms are created when two plates that form Earth's crust push together, and their edges crumple and fold
What is a mountain range
300
The ancient supercontinent that once joined all of Earth's landforms
What is Pangaea
300
The largest and deepest ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean
300
This climate is opposite of a tropical climate
What is Polar
300
Two advances that are helping people live long
What are healthcare and nutrition
400
These are sometimes caused when two of Earth's plates push against eachother and the edge of one plate slides beneath the other.
What is a volcano
400
Two ways in which humans shape and change Earth and its landforms
What are; agriculture, irrigation, building of cities, reshaping waterways, clearing land, terracing mountain slopes, and draining water from wetlands
400
The circulation of water from Earth's surgace to the atmosphere and back
What is the Water Cycle
400
This region is expanding because of overfarming, overgrazing, and overlogging
What is the Desert Region
400
These are two ways in which humans adapt to their environment
What are clothing and building different kinds of homes
500
Another word for rain or snow
What is precipitation
500
The three classifications of volcanoes
What are active, dormant, and extinct
500
These are some of the reasons why early settlements formed along rivers
What are; drinking water, a way to transport goods, energy sources, generates electricity
500
These things affect climate
What are latitude, land, and water
500
These are reasons why people leave their homeland to move to a new place
What are; to earn a living, drought, war, unemployment, and famine
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