Cultural Geography Chapter 3 Review

More than 2/3 of the earth's fresh water is in polar icecaps, glaciers, or underground.

What term is used for arms of the ocean that are only partially enclosed by land?

Soil that remains frozen all year

Term used for period when huge glaciers covered the nothern parts of Europe, Canada, and U.S.

The Great Lakes are the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world.

Plateaus are often called tablelands because they are elevated and flat

Tropical grasslands with only a few scattered trees

Areas with trees that require much water, grow broad, flat leaves

Areas of visible standing water with vegetation that has its roots submerged in the water are

Less than 3% of the earth's water is fresh.

The climate of the earth stabilized quickly after the Flood.

The apostle Peter stated that scoffers who do not believe in the Flood are innocently deceived.

What is the factor that usually determines whether a feature is call a mountain or a hill?

The Amazon River drains a rainforest that covers 75% of the South American continent

Another term for the source of a river is its

All of the earth's surface is divided into what two types of landmasses?

Idea that the forces shaping the earth today are working at the same rate they did in the past

What is the term for rivers that "feed" other rivers?

Areas with trees, such as pines and firs, that can grow in cold, harsh, subpolar climates

The amount of water that flows from a river is called its

Spongy areas of land that look dry but are covered with wet organic materials are called

Nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers is called...

What is 1 of 3 ways God has provided to distribute the earth's thermal energy?

Wide areas of level land are called...

At the center of the earth's interior is a core that has a liquid outer part and a solid inside

What are the 3 parts of the earth's surface as God divided it?

Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land area

Cold areas that support only limited vegetation on only light precipitation; usually snow

Grasslands in temperate regions, rainfall is 10-30 inches each year and soil is hard/fertile

Every variation in the landscape is called a...

Areas that have dense bushes but are too dry to support trees in the dry Mediterranean climate

A river and all of its tributaries are a(n)...

A sheltered body of deep water next to the shore is called a

Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered dramatically by a great....

Term that means the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes?

Deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions

Theory - Earth's surface is pieces crashing into and apart from each other causing earthquakes

Areas of stagnant water are collectively known as

What are the names of the three layers of the earth?

What is the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil?

The longest river in the U.S. is the

Areas in the tropics that support many trees, leaves, branches which form a ovr the forest flr

The total area from which a river and its tributaries get their water is the

What term is used for bodies of water fully enclosed by land?