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Earth & its Focus
Water & Landforms
Climate & Vegetation
Environmental Challenges
Misc.
100
Molten rock is called
Magma
100
Water found beneath the Earth's surface.
Groundwater
100
The condition of the Earth's atmosphere at a given time and place
Weather
100
An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere
Global Warming
100
What natural disasters does the movement of tectonic plates cause
Earthquakes & volcanoes
200
A zone of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean
The Ring of Fire
200
The circulation of water between the Earth, the oceans and the atmosphere
Hydrologic Cycle
200
Fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas
Fossil Fuels
200
Why is the surface of the Earth constantly changing
Movement of tectonic plates
300
The seven large landmasses on the Earth's surface
Continents
300
A broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land
Plateau
300
Falling water droplets in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
Precipitation
300
The process in which farmland becomes less productive because the land is degraded
Desertification
300
How is rain water part of the hydrologic cycle
Rain falls from the atmosphere and later goes into rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.
400
A sudden movement of the Earth's crust followed by a series of shocks
Earthquake
400
The area drained by a major river
Drainage basin
400
A vegetation region with a mix of grassland and scattered trees
Savanna
400
Using natural resources in a way that they exist for future generations
Sustainable
400
Why are landmasses near the equator typically much hotter
They receive more direct sunlight
500
A large, slow moving mass of ice
Glacier
500
The submerged land at the edge of a continent
Continental shelf
500
A region with plants specially adapted to dry climates
Desert
500
The trapping of the sun's heat by gasses in the Earth's atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
500
An area that has simliar types of plants
Vegetation Region