Chapter 2: Earth's Physical Geography

What is the side of mountains not facing the winds and usually cool and dry called?

Earth surface is covered by how much water?

What is the collection of plants and animals of all types that live on Earth?

Erosion is the process in which ice, water, and what move away weathered rocks?

When there is unusually cool waters and low rainfall in the eastern Pacific, what is occurring?

What are areas in which certain kinds of plants & animals have adapted to particular climates?

What is the usual, predictable patterns of weather in an area over many years called?

What is Earth's innermost layer?

What occurs when chemicals in air pollution mix with precipitation?

Which of the following is not a subcategory of the midlatitude climate zone?

What are flatlands at high elevations called?

What are storms that arise in warm waters and occur in the eastern Pacific & Atlantic Oceans?

During the evaporation process of the water cycle, water is turned from liquid into what?

What are cracks in the Earth's crust?

What percentage of Earth's water is salt water?

Collection is what stage of the water cycle?

What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and has water on two sides?

What is the place where a river empties into another body of water, such as an ocean or lake?

What is a place shared by plants and animals that depend on one another for survival called?

What carries warm water from the Tropics to western Europe, giving the region a mild climate?