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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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What are giant sheets of ice called?

A

Glaciers

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2
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What is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides?

A

Peninsula

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3
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What is the earths crust which is made up of huge slabs of rock called?

A

Plates

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4
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What does life on earth depend on to live?

A

Light and heat from the sun

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5
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The area that surrounds the earth’s crust is called ?

A

Mantle

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6
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What happens when earths plates have movement?

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  1. High mountain ranges form
  2. Continents move apart
  3. Volcanoes erupt
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7
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When it is winter in the northern hemisphere it is what in the Southern Hemisphere

A

Summer

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8
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What wears away the surface of landforms by causing erosion?

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Water, wind, ice

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9
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What does the earth’s crust include?

A

Ocean floors and continents

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10
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Dangerous rays from the sun on earth are screened out by

A

Atmosphere

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11
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Plates that form the earth’ s crust float on _____ in the mantle

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Liquid rock

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12
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What is the process that breaks surface rocks into gravel, sand, soil?

A

Weathering

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13
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What is the earth’s 1,000 mile thick cushion of gases called?

A

Atmosphere

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14
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What is the hemisphere south of the equator called

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Southern Hemisphere

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15
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What is the center of the earth called

A

Core

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16
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What is human’s natural surrounding called

A

Environment

17
Q

What is computer software used to map the earth

A

GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

18
Q

What are cracks in the earth’s crust

A

Faults

19
Q

What is an example of a huge region?

A

The western U.S.

20
Q

What is the center of the solar system?

A

The sun

21
Q

What is the path around the sun?

A

Orbit

22
Q

A full revolution of the earth is called

A

A year

23
Q

What is the imaginary line running through the earth’s center

A

Axis

24
Q

What 2 continents were connected millions of years ago?

A

South America and Africa

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