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Cold temperate climates have a long summer seasons.
False
True
2
Subsystem that consists of the earths water
hydrosphere
Biosphere
atmosphere
litosphere
3
Who was the scientist that invented the system that divided the earth in Zones?
Wladimir Koppen
Albert Einstein
Boris Karloff
Sir Isaac Newton
4
How long does it take plates to move to make landforms?
1000 years
10 years
100 years
1000000 years
5
Condensation turns water vapor into a denser liquid or a solid state.
False
True
6
A glacier is the smallest of the ice masses
False
True
7
Melted Rock
Magma
Sliver
Gold
Lava
8
What is the Continental Self?
Valley
Cliff
Coast
Underwater Plain that borders the continent.
9
What is the % of the earth's water?
75
85
90
71
10
Ice sheets cover most of Greenland and Australia.
True
False
11
What mountain range is underwater?
Mariana Trench
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Franklin MTS
Blue Ridge MTS
12
One measure for comparing climates is the average daily temperature
False
True
13
Occurs on or about June 21st in the North Hemisphere
Fall Solstice
Summer Solstice
Winter Solider
Winter Solstice
14
The sun's heat causes the Earth to constantly orbit around it
True
False
15
Why are cities warmer than countrysides?
more water
More Lights
More metal, asphalt, concrete
Parks
16
List the smallest to largest (Oceans)
Atlantic,Pacific, Arctic,Southern, Indian
Southern, Indian, Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific
Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Arctic
Arctic,Southern,Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
17
Earths crust is made up of 7 enormous tectonic plates.
True
False
18
Where are you most likely to see a sheet of ice?
Equator
Franklin MTS
Rocky MTS
North Pole
19
What is a tundra?
a Biome
Milky Way
Hole
A Truck
20
What do you call the center of the Earth?
mantle
crust
Litosphere
Core
21
Why does the earth have daily periods of daylight and darkness?
because of the North and South poles
because Earth rotates once every 24 hours
because of the distance from the sun
because of the Earth axis
22
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic to the Arctic Oceans.
False
True
23
A year is 368.5 days
False
True
24
What do you call it when both day and night hemispheres are equal length?
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
axis
equinox
25
What is Isthums?
A biome
Narrow strip of land connecting 2 large land areas
valley
Island
26
An area located at the mouth of a river
underground water
Pond
Delta
Lake
27
Water contained inside Earth's crust is called groundwater
False
True
28
What 2 continents are surrounded completely by water?
Asia and Africa
Europe and Asia
Australia and Antarctica
Europe and Africa
29
Process that produces safe drinking water
Precipitation
Desalination
bottled water
Evaporation
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A climate zone
biosphere
Flats
earthquake
Desert
31
What is an Axis?
point
Key
plain
imaginary line running through Earth's Center
