Chapter - 02 & 03

Which country uses desalination?

Which is not one of the 3 layers of the Earth

Winds that blow in the middle latitudes from west to east

The __________ includes oceans, lakes, and rivers.

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

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

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

High latitude zones at the poles experience

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

Why are winds important?

How much of the Earth is made up of water?

A continental shelf is

The movement of water, as through an ocean or stream

The deepest known depression on Earth

The sun activates the water cycle by

the warming of Earth when solar radiation interacts with atmospheric gases

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

Elevation has what kind of effect on climates because

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

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

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

How does the greenhouse effect work?

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

Critics of the desalination process argue that desalinated ocean water

A day on which the sun is directly over the Equator

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

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

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