To the Core
Enormous pieces of earth that move
What are Plate tectonics?
This is a three dimensional representation of the earth
What is a globe
This is the zone around the Pacific where the most active volcanoes are.
What is the Ring of Fire?
The earth's revolution and tilt on its axis, relative to the sun, cause these to change every year
What are seasons?
What is elevation?
The thin layer of rock at the earth's surface
What is the crust?
This is a two dimensional representation of earth
What is a map
This climate zone is characterized by few trees, plains, and prairies
What are Grasslands.
Some scientists argue that this phenomenon, when warm air gets trapped in earth's atmosphere, is causing climate change.
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
This refers to the combined characteristics of landforms and their distribution.
What is topography?
Earth on the sea floor is called ______ while earth on dry land is called _______.
What is Oceanic and Continental?
This is another name for a mapmaker
A Cartographer
This zone is marked by a heavy concentration of trees.
What are forestlands.
This is a layer of gasses located next to the earth's crust that protects satellite signals and makes it possible for life to exist on earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This natural disaster can result in crop failure, livestock death, and dust storms.
What is draught?
What is an earthquake?
These lines measure the distance from the equator
What are latitude lines?
What are desert/tundras?
These help distribute the sun's heat from one part of the world to another.
This is the word for a force that shapes the earth through wind, water, ice, and gravity.
What is erosion?
This is the name for the supercontinent before continental drift.
What is Pangea?
This is the study of distribution and interaction of physical and human features.
What is geography?
This includes the sun plus all the planets and celestial objects that orbit the sun.
What is the Solar System.
This describes the weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time.
What is the climate?
These form over tropical ocean waters, typically between the months of April and September, and can cause serious damage if they make landfall.
What are hurricanes?