A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water.
What is an island?
100
Land makes up 30% of earth's surface. Water makes up the other percent.
What is 70%?
100
The sun's rays fall directly on the equator, causing day and night to have equal hours.
What is an equinox?
100
This state's capital is Albany.
What is New York?
100
The hemisphere that we live in.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
200
A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
What is valley?
200
The theory that continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart.
What is Continental Drift?
200
The direct reys from the sun reach the Tropic of Cancer around June 21, bringing the Northern Hemisphere its longest day of sunlight. (hint: marks the beginning of summer)
What is the summer solstice?
200
This state is directly to the north of Texas.
What is Oklahoma?
200
The season the northern hemisphere is having right now is fall. The southern hemisphere is having this season...
What is spring?
300
A natural depression on the earth's surface, typically containing water.
What is a basin?
300
These types of planets have a solid, rocky crusts
What is a terrestrial planet?
300
Trees that have broad leaves that change color and drop in the fall.
What is a deciduous tree?
300
The northern most state
What is Alaska?
300
Earth’s atmosphere traps some heat and keeps it from escaping back into space too quickly.
What is the greenhouse effect?
400
An inland body of water
What is a lake?
400
small, irregularly shaped, planet-like objects (mainly found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)
What is an asteriod?
400
At the equator, global winds are diverted north and south, leaving a narrow, generally windless band.
What is doldrums?
400
The capital of Pennsylvania
What is Harrisburg?
400
The northern most point on earth that receives direct sun rays. (hint: equator, tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn)
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
500
A part of the land that is raised with a flat top and is isolated.
What is a mesa?
500
Pieces of space debris that collide with the earth
What is a meteorite?
500
This phenomenon causes the prevailing winds to blow diagonally rather than alont strict north-south or east-west lines.