Weather you know the climate?
The Statue of Liberty is now green, it used to look gold (It’s made of copper). What specifically caused this change?
What is Chemical Weathering
All map projections have a ________.
What is a Distortion
A Convergent Collision causes _____ to be made?
What is a Mountain
The term that describes the layer of gases surrounding the earth
What is the Atmosphere
The day the sun is directly over the equator (marking the beginning of fall and spring)
What is an Equinox
________ describes when a rock changes size, but not composition.
What is Mechanical Weathering
Latitude is measured in degrees north and south of the?
What is the Equator
When two plates slide past each other along the fault, what happens?
What is an Earthquake
What causes the seasons to change?
What is the earths tilt as it revolves around the sun
The day the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn (making for the beginning of summer or winter)
What is a Solstice
_________ describes a pattern of weather over a long time at a particular location
What is Climate
What type of map would the boundary line of Canada and the United States be on?
What is a Political Map
The theory/process that propels the movement of the earths gigantic rock plates is
What is Continental Drift
The layer of earth where all the water is
What is the hydrosphere
Undersea earthquakes can cause
What are Tsunamis
What geographical feature can cause a hot climate, to be a little cooler climate along the equator?
What is a Mountain Range
Which scale of map would your school map be?
What is a large scale map
The process of 2 plates pulling a part is called
What is Divergent?
The part of earth where life exists
What is the Biosphere
Name 2 things that occur in the Ring of Fire
What are Earthquakes, Tsunamis, or Volcano's
What is a primary factor that controls different climate zones?
What is Latitude
This type of map indicates the locations of landforms likes deserts, mountains and plains
What are Physical Maps
Name the 4 layers inside of the earth
What is the Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, and Crust
The layer of earth that includes oceans, crusts, and continents
What is the Lithosphere
A region formed by a common characteristic
What is a formal region