Earth's Movement Quiz

regions close to the equator are also called

When plates transform they are grinding against each other causing

One complete spin of Earth on its axis, takes 24 hours

when plates are moving apart creating volcanic islands the are.....

A theory that earth's surface is divided into a dozen or so slow moving plates

Earth's orbit around the sun is called

What latitude region experiences cold weather year round?

What stage is 4?

Which of the following is not a form of erosion

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Latitude zones that experience seasons are

When it is fall in the northern hemisphere what season is it in the southern?

Earth's axis is tilted at what degree?

What does Earth's tilt cause?

What takes 365 1/4 days?

when plates are transforming what happens?

The stage of the water cycle where water runs back into earth's rivers, streams, and oceans.

When plates converge they are pushing into each other causing

What causes day and night

excess precipitation that flows over the land into the rivers, streams, and back to the oceans

This occurs when water vapor cools and forms clouth

What causes seasons?

When you go higher in elevation what happens to temperature?

The movement of rock from one place to another is called

The breakdown of sediment or rock is known as

There are three ways Earth's plates move, which of the following is not an example

When water falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

A theory that Earth's surface is divided into a dozen or so slow moving plates

What stage is evaportation?

What stage of the water cycle experiences cooling and the formation of clouds?

When the sun heats water on earth and it changes to water vapor