Earth Sun Relations
In each hemisphere, the sun's energy is strongest during
What is a summer solstice
The condition of the atmosphere over a long period in a place is called ______
What is climate
This is created at a convergent plate boundary when an oceanic plate and continental plate collide
what are trenches
An ecosystem is a large distinctive complex of plant communities created by this
What is climate
The hydrosphere involves this.
What is all water on earth?
Without ______ we would have no polar regions
what is axis
Name three factors that affect Earth's climate
What is latitude, elevation, proximity to a large body of water, topography, air masses, ocean currents
What is plate tectonics
These are factors of an Aquatic biome.
What is wet/water?
The biosphere includes this.
What is all living things?
This is the direction Earth rotates.
What is counterclockwise/ west to east?
Weather and climate have this in common
What are temperature and precipitation?
What are rift valleys?
These are factors of the Grassland biomes.
What are distinct rainy season and dry season?
These two spheres interact when most living things use oxygen.
what is the Atmosphere to the Biosphere?
During a summer solstice, the sun never sets here _______
What is within the Arctic Circle
This occurs as you venture further away from the equator
what is a drop in temperature?
This can occur when two plates move laterally past each other.
What is an earthquake?
These are the. factors for the forest biome.
What is high precipitation and colder temperatures?
These two spheres interact when water evaporates and condenses into clouds.
What is the Hydrosphere to the Atmosphere?
The name of the solstices and equinoxes with dates.
What are the Winter Solstice on December 21st, the Spring Equinox on March 21th, the Summer Solstice on June 21st, and the Autumn Equinox on September 22nd
This term describes the atmospheric conditions persisting over an extended duration in a particular location.
What is climate
This is the outer layer of earth that we live on.
What is a continental crust?
These are the five major biomes of the earth.
What are forest, desert, aquatic, grassland, and tundra?
These two spheres interact when plants grow in the soil.
what is the lithosphere to the biosphere?