Chapter - 02 & 03

How much of the Earth is made up of water?

Which is not one of the 3 layers of the Earth

Winds that blow in the middle latitudes from west to east

Which country uses desalination?

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

How does the greenhouse effect work?

A day on which the sun is directly over the Equator

The deepest known depression on Earth

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

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

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

The sun activates the water cycle by

Why are winds important?

Elevation has what kind of effect on climates because

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

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

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

A continental shelf is

The movement of water, as through an ocean or stream

the warming of Earth when solar radiation interacts with atmospheric gases

High latitude zones at the poles experience

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

What keeps the planets revolving around the sun?

Frequently less wind at the equator

The __________ includes oceans, lakes, and rivers.

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

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

Critics of the desalination process argue that desalinated ocean water

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

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