Vocab 1
An imaginary line between the North and Sole Poles.
What is axis?
What is the rotation of Earth?
A process that breaks down rocks down into tiny piece.
What is weathering?
How do forces inside Earth shape Earth’s surface?
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Molten or nearly melted rock.
What is magma?
A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other.
What is solstice?
How can days be short and cold in one hemisphere when there are long and hot in another?
Because of Earth's axis and revolution around the Sun.
The boundaries between tectonic plates.
What are faults?
How do plains form from the tops of worn-down mountains?
They are formed by the process of deposition.
A large, mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
A complete turn.
What is rotation?
How is erosion different from weathering?
Erosion is where the elements remove small pieces of rock while weathering breaks rocks down into tiny pieces.
Flat plains built on the seabed where a river fans out a deposits material over many years.
What is a delta?
What are some ways people prepare for natural hazards?
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Stretches of lowland between mountains or hills.
What is a valley?
A process in which water, water, ice, or wind remove small pieces of rock.
What is erosion?
Describe the process that causes movement of the continents.
Tectonic plates move and shift, creating mountains, volcanoes, and other geographic structures on continents.
Areas sharing the same time.
What are time zones?
What is the difference between an equinox and a solstice?
An equinox is where the days and nights are equal in length around the world while a solstice is where the days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other.
A complete journey around the Sun.
What is a revolution?
The process of depositing material eroded and carried by water, ice, or wind.
What is deposition?
How is Earth’s axis part of its rotation?
The Earth rotates around its axis.
A theory that states that Earth's crust is made up of huge blocks.
How does Earth’s orbit influence climate on Earth?
The Earth's orbit around the Sun changes the seasons, which influences climate.
Everywhere on Earth, the days and nights are nearly equal in length.
What is an equinox?