Our planet
Landforms
Water
Forces of Change
Feeling Lucky
100
How many days are in a year?
What is 365? (365 1/4 = Double Points)
100
This is the flat area at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
100
Which two continents are completely surrounded by water?
What is Australia and Antarctica?
100
How many tectonic plates are there?
Sixteen
100
This narrow strip of land connects two continents, and would be extremely difficult to say if you did not have your two front teeth.
What is isthmus?
200
Why do places on Earth have daily periods of light and darkness?
Because Earth rotates every 24 hours.
200
This climate zone is hot and dry.
What is a desert?
200
This is what water contained in the earth's crust is called.
What is groundwater?
200
What is the smallest ice mass? (It's the only one that moves)
What is a glacier?
200
This subsystem contains all earth's water.
What is the hydrosphere?
300
This is what all the tectonic plates are surfing on! (Melted rock)
What is magma?
300
Why are cities often warmer than surrounding countryside?
Cities have more concrete, asphalt, and metal surfaces.
300
What two oceans are connected by the Panama Canal?
What is the Atlantic and the Pacific?
300
How long does it take tectonic plates to move to create landforms?
Millions of years
300
What is it called when night and day are the same?
What is equinox?
400
Where might you find an ice sheet?
What is at the North Pole?
400
Which mountain range is underwater?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
400
This occurs when water vapor becomes denser as liquid or solid.
What is condensation?
400
What did Wladimir Koppen do?
Divided the world into climate zones?
400
List the earth's oceans from smallest to largest.
Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific (AS I Always Promise)
500
What is the imaginary line running through Earth's center, on which it rotates?
Axis.
500
What is the word for a long, narrow "finger" of land that sticks out into a lake, river or ocean? (Yes, spelling counts.)
What is peninsula?
500
This process makes salt water safe to drink. (Yes, spelling counts.)
What is desalinization?
500
What TWO disasters can cause a tsunami?
Earthquake, underwater volcanic eruption
500
What percent of Earth's surface is water?
71 percent
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