Chapter - 02 & 03

The __________ includes oceans, lakes, and rivers.

Which of the following latitudinal positions is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

Frequently less wind at the equator

The ________ includes all liquid and frozen surface water, ground water, and water vapor.

High latitude zones at the poles experience

Elevation has what kind of effect on climates because

The deepest known depression on Earth

A phenomenon that causes dry areas to develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges

What eventually happens when tensions build on fault lines as plates stick and eventually rocks snap and shift?

Which country uses desalination?

Earth’s surface is made up of 70 percent water and 30 percent land.

What keeps the planets revolving around the sun?

A continental shelf is

The characteristic pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time

Why are winds important?

The side facing away from the wind and toward which the wind blows

The side facing into the wind and from which the wind blows

Which is not one of the 3 layers of the Earth

How much of the Earth is made up of water?

The theory that the continents were once joined then slowly drifted apart.

A day on which the sun is directly over the Equator

The state of the atmosphere in one place over a short period of time

The sun activates the water cycle by

Critics of the desalination process argue that desalinated ocean water

the warming of Earth when solar radiation interacts with atmospheric gases

A large body of ice that moves across the surface of the Earth is

Where groundwater is found with layers of porous rock, sand, and gravel?

How does the greenhouse effect work?

Winds that blow in the middle latitudes from west to east

The movement of water, as through an ocean or stream