Lesson 1
the height of a land surface above the level of the sea.
What is elevation?
melted rock on Earth's surface
condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short time.
What is weather
This is the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mount Everest?
This company will probably be banned in the US by January 19th.
What is Tik Tok?
very great in size.
What is enormous?
melted rock below Earth's surface.
What is magma?
weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
This country became a geological research center after two volcanos seemingly appeared out of nowhere.
What is Mexico?
The leader of this middle eastern government was recently overthrown by its citizens.
What is Syria?
This is what we call all bodies of water; makes up 71 percent of the Earth's surface.
What is the hydrosphere?
one of the large pieces of Earth's surface.
What is a tectonic plate?
What is precipitation.
These natural disasters are not only dangerous but also create interesting geological features such as slot canyons.
What are flash floods, floods?
This country declared war on Hamas and has been sending ground troops into the Gaza strip.
What is Israel?
The process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion.
one of two days each year when the sun is directly overhead the equator. Days and nights are both 12 hours.
What is the equinox?
These mountains were formed by the landmass of India crashing into the Landmass of Eurasia.
What are the Himalayan mountains?
This church has just finished being restored after a large part of it was destroyed in a fire.
What is Notre Dame?
Earth's land above sea level, makes up 29 percent of Earth's surface.
What is the lithosphere?
The process of wearing away or breaking down rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering.
This is the longest day of the year for the northern hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice?
This is where the tallest sand dunes in North America are located.
What is Colorado?
Multiple countries have recommended some subspecies of this animal be added to the endangered animals list.
What is a Giraffe?