Hydrologic Cycle
Rain, sleet, snow and hail are known as:
Precipitation
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is this season in the Southern Hemisphere:
Winter
The layer of the Earth that the continents sit on is called:
the Crust
A violent shaking of the Earth's crust is referred to as an:
Earthquake
What is an example of a renewable resource?
Wood, water, solar, wind
When the Sun hits the ocean and water vapor rises up into the atmosphere, it is called:
Evaporation
Two days a year the daylight is exactley equal to the night, this is called:
An equinox
The temperature of the inner core is:
12,000 degree Fahrenheit
In May of 1980 what North American volcano erupted?
Mount Saint Helens
What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
Oil, gas, coal, minerals
When cooler temperatures in the atmosphere cause water to turn into droplets it is called:
condensation
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere which way is Earth tilted in its revolution of the sun
The Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun
This layer of Earth's is 18,000 miles thick, it is the:
Mantle
What do we call a storm with rotating winds that follows an unpredictable path?
Tornado
Any resource that cannot be reproduced is called?
Non-renewable resource
The hydrolic system is Earth's way of renewing what eresource?
water
When do the solstices occur?
Summer solstice is June 20 or 21 and Winter solstice occurs December 21 or 22
The surface of Earth contain 16 of these plates that are constantly shifting:
Tectonic Plates
What was the cause of the tsunami that killed 250,000 people in India, Indonesia, and Thailand in 2004?
an enormous earthquake in the Indian Ocean
Any resource that can be replenished or reproduced is called:
A renewable resource
The natural environment of any plant or animal is called:
habitat
How many days does it take for the Earth to make one full revolution around the Sun
365.25 days
When tectonic plates mover over or "under" each other it is called:
Subduction
Earthquakes are caused by:
the movement of tectonic plates as they collide, shift, or move over or under each other
The longest river in North America is:
The Mississippi River