Earth's Physical Geography Content Vocab

Question 1

Deep cut in the ocean floor.

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trench

Question 2

Chemicals that farmers use to kill insects.

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pesticides

Question 3

Process of weather rock being moved away by water, wind, or ice.

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erosion

Question 4

The Earth's upper layer.

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crust

Question 5

A thick haze of smoke and chemicals.

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smog

Question 6

Each of the seven large land masses.

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continents

Question 7

Underground layer of rock through which water flows.

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aquifer

Question 8

Causes cool waters & low rainfall in the eastern Pacific & heavy rains in the western Pacific.

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La Nina

Question 9

Changes in temperature, wind and air moisture over a short period of time.

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weather

Question 10

Usual predictable patterns of weather in an area over many years.

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climate

Question 11

An area where certain kinds of plants and animals have adapted to a particular climate.

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biome

Question 12

Changing what is planted from year to year to protect the topsoil.

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crop rotation

Question 13

The effects of the mountains on rainfall.

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rain shadow

Question 14

When water, ice, chemicals, and plants break rock into smaller pieces.

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weathering

Question 15

Formed when chemicals from air pollution mix with precipitation.

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acid rain

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The process of collecting and distributing water to crops.

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irrigation

Question 17

Pattern that a major wind system follows over time.

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prevailing wind

Question 18

Innermost layer of the Earth.

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core

Question 19

Fresh water that filters through the soil into the ground.

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groundwater

Question 20

The careful use of a resource.

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conservation

Question 21

The variety of plants and animals living on the planet.

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biodiversity

Question 22

A place shared by plants and animals that depend on one another for survival.

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ecosystem

Question 23

Pattern that a major wind system follows over time.

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prevailing wind

Question 24

Water changing from a gas to a liquid.

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condensation

Question 25

Theory that explains how the continents formed and why they move.

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plate tectonics

Question 26

Melted rock the flows to the surface during a volcanic eruption

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magma

Question 27

Sudden and violent movement of the Earth's crust.

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earthquake

Question 28

Water gathering on the ground, and in rivers, lakes and oceans.

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collection

Question 29

A crack in the Earth's crust.

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fault

Question 30

Plateau of the coast of each continent.

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continental shelf

Question 31

Cutting down forests without replacing them.

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deforestation

Question 32

Steady flowing streams of water in the world's oceans.

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current

Question 33

Wind pattern typically only in a small area.

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local wind

Question 34

Layer of hot, dense rock, surrounding the Earth's core.

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mantle

Question 35

Process of water moving from the oceans, to the air, to the ground.

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water cycle

Question 36

Water droplets falling to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail.

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precipitation

Question 37

Water changing from a liquid to a gas.

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evaporation

Question 38

Areas with similar patterns of temperature and precipitation.

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climate zone

Question 39

Causes heavy rains in western South America and lack of rain in other areas.

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El Nino

Question 40

Gases in the atmosphere that trap the sun's warmth.

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greenhouse effect

Question 41

Climate differences in large cities.

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urban climate

Earth's Physical Geography Content Vocab

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Earth's Physical Geography Content Vocab

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