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Earth
100
To have life on Earth these two types of water are necessary
saltwater and freshwater
100
helps distribute heat on the earth
water
100
plants and animals are supported by ___
water
100
an interconnected body of salt water that covers about 71% of the Earth
ocean
200
the largest ocean
Pacific
200
The Southern Ocean is found near the continent of ___ .
Antarctica
200
Ocean motions that act like rivers flowing through the ocean
currents
200
ocean motions which are swells or ridges produced by winds
waves
200
created by gravitational pull of the moon or the sun
tides
300
Are the Great Lakes of NA saltwater or freshwater lakes?
freshwater
300
Pangaea
"all earth"
300
German presented the continental hypothesis
Alfred Wegener
300
Englishman in 1620 - first person to suggest that the 7 continents were once all one supercontinent
Francis Bacon
300
continuous circulation of water among the atmosphere, oceans, and earth
hydrologic cycle
400
ocean motions that are regular rises and falls of the ocean
tides
400
rivers and streams connect into __ systems that work like the branches of a tree
drainage
400
consists of sun, 8 regular planets, celestial bodies that orbit the sun, comets, asteroids
solar system
400
area drained by a major river and its tributaries
drainage basin
400
rim marked by the level at which the rock is saturated
water table
500
water held in the pores of rock
ground water
500
naturally formed features on the surface of the earth
landforms
500
earth’s surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean
continental shelf
500
difference in elevation of a landform from its lowest point to its highest point
relief
500
combination of the surface shape and composition of the landforms and their distribution in a region
topography