Earthquakes & Tectonic Plates
These giant pieces of Earth’s crust move about as fast as your __________ grow.
Fingernails
Native Americans called Lake Superior “__________ __________.”
Gitche Gumee
The four main compass directions are called the __________ directions.
Cardinal
A climate zone that is very hot and found near the equator is called the __________ zone.
Tropical
Economics often asks questions like: “Where did a product come from?” “How was it made?” “Who sells it?” and “How did it __________ to where it is now?”
travel/go
Earthquakes happen when the plates __________ together.
crash
The Great Lakes were created long ago by huge moving sheets of ice called __________.
glaciers
The needle on a compass points north because Earth has a __________ field.
magnetic
A climate zone that is hot and humid, with mild winters, like parts of Florida, is called the __________ zone.
Sub Tropical
The __________ is the largest member of the deer family in North America.
Moose
Mountain ranges like the Sierra Nevada and Andes were formed by powerful __________.
earthquakes
Glaciers form when __________ builds up year after year.
snow
The __________ invented the first compass.
Chinese
A climate zone with very little rainfall, often sandy or rocky, is called the __________ zone.
Desert
A __________ is a place where buyers and sellers exchange goods and money.
Market
When glaciers tear or carve pieces of land away, the process is called __________.
plucking
You can tell directions by the sun, because it rises in the __________ and sets in the __________.
east, west
A climate that is warm in the summer and cool in the winter and doesn’t get much rain is called __________ temperate.
Dry
A climate zone that is extremely cold with ice and snow most of the year is the __________ zone.
Polar
The North Star is also called __________, and it always points north.
Polaris
A climate that has warm summers, cold winters, and more rainfall is called __________ temperate.
Wet
A climate zone high above sea level where weather changes quickly is called the __________ climate.
Mountain