7th Grade Chapter 1

When earth's plates move

Narrow body of water between two pieces of land

Two characteristics geographers study about a place

Layer of air surrounding the earth

Seas, oceans and gulfs are large

Undersea earthquakes can cause these huge waves

Theory about the earth's structure

The angle of the sun's rays causes the

Main tools geographers use

Plains and mountains are examples of

The earth rotates on its

Group of satellites traveling around the globe

Leap year happens every how many years

Body of land completely surrounded by water

Deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of the river

Underwater plateau

70% of the earth's surface is

The sun, planets and other smaller bodies

Planet's path around the sun

Violent and sudden movement of the earth's crust

The earth's crust includes ocean floors and

Point where a river originates

Water, wind and ice wear away the surface of landforms by

Rocks on the earth's surface are broken into gravel, soil and sand by

First day of summer and winter

Life on earth depends on light and heat from the

The study of earth and all its variety

Physical geography is the study of the earth's

Dangerous rays from the sun are screened out by the

When it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it's summer in the

The day with fewest hours of sunlight occurs in the Northern Hemisphere in the

Magma can be seen in a(n)

Thick layer of rock around earth's core

Thin, uppermost layer of the earth

Lowest spots in the earth's crust