Earth's Movement
Water
Landforms/Earth's Structure
Plates
Forces Below/On Earth' Surface
100
What is the Earth's invisible line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole?
Axis
100
Is there more freshwater or saltwater in the world?
Salt water
100
What is the difference between a mountain and a hill?
Hill is smaller/mountain bigger
100
True or False? The tectonic plates of Earth move.
True, very slowly
100
What is another word for lava?
Magma
200
The Earth moves in two ways: _________ and __________.
Rotation and Revolution
200
Another term for salt water is _________ water.
Saline
200
Land surrounded by water on three sides is called a ______.
Peninsula
200
What are the two types of plate?
Oceanic and Continental plates
200
What are the 3 ways that plates can move UNDER the Earth's surface?
Collision, separating, sliding
300
The Earth's path around the sun is called its _________.
Orbit
300
Name the four types of precipitation.
Rain Snow Hail Sleet
300
True or False: A glacier does not move
False
300
How many plates is the Earth's surface divided into?
12 plates
300
When plates collide, they can cause 2 landforms. What are these landforms?
Ocean trenches, mountain ranges
400
Explain how the Earth's tilt causes the seasons. Why do the North and South hemispheres have different seasons?
Whatever hemisphere is tilted closer to the sun, it is experiencing a warmer season (summer/spring). When a hemisphere is tilted away, it is experiencing a colder season (winter/fall).
400
List the 4 stages of the water cycle.
Water gets hot and evaporates into sky Water cools and becomes clouds Clouds become heavy and make precipitation Water falls back to Earth
400
Name three layers of Earth's structure:
Core, mantle, crust
400
What is the name of the super continent from long ago?
Pangaea
400
What three things can cause erosion?
Ice, wind, water
500
What are two things that characterize seasons?
Weather Temperature Length of day Sometimes rainfall
500
What are 3 water problems happening today?
Lack of fresh water Droughts Overuse Chemical and wastes make water dirty Flooding
500
On which layer of the Earth's structure, is the "liquid" layer?On which layer can you find the tectonic plates?
Liquid layer = mantle Plates = crust
500
Why do plates begin to move?
Energy from inside the planet put pressure on the crust.
500
Explain how weathering works.
Water falls between cracks in rocks- freezes to ice- ice expands and breaks the rocks into smaller pieces.
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