Ch 2 Physical Geography

What landform is a large, area of flat or gently rolling land?

What type of plate movement is when plates move sideways against each other (earthquakes)?

The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth on the planet rotates

Rain generally falls on the side of the mountain that faces the ______________.

Which vocabulary word means "Melted rock below the Earth’s surface":

Process by which water, wind or ice move bits of rock elsewhere?

What is NOT a layer of Earth?

What landform is a triangular shaped plain at the mouth of a river ?

The tilt of the Earth is responsible for ____________?

Part of water cycle when water vapor in air gets cold & changes back into liquid-forming clouds

Subsystem of Earth that contains air:

Subsystem of Earth that contains water:

Earth's crust is made up of ________ major tectonic plates.

What vocab word means the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?

What is Earth’s trip around the Sun called?

What type of plate movement is when plates slip past one another forming mountain ranges?

Earth's __________________ has more nitrogen than oxygen in it. 

What part of the water cycle is when the sun heats up water and turns it into vapor or steam.

What landform is a Large, flat area that rises above land?

What is the process by which Earth’s surface is worn away by wind, rain, chemicals, etc.

What vocab word means to circle around something ?

Subsystem of Earth that contains living things:

When liquid water turned into water vapor/gas.:

Part of water cycle when the clouds get heavy & water falls back to the earth (rain, snow....):

What landform is a Narrow stretch of water that connects 2 large bodies of water?

Earth revolves around the sun every _________________.

What landform is land that is wide at the bottom and rises to a narrow peak?

The day with the most hours of sunlight in the northern  hemisphere called? 

Earth ROTATES once every _________________. 

Subsystem of Earth that contains  landforms:

What type of plate movement is when plates separate from one another to form volcanoes?

How tilted is the Earth on its axis?

What is a crack in Earth's crust called?