Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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A column of air that spins rapidly

Lesson 4

A

Toronto

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2
Q

Can be fueled by dry plants and spread by wind

A

Fire

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3
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Can caus natural forest fires

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Lightning

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4
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A sliding ground caused when a hillside is soaked with rainwater

A

Landslide

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5
Q

The force that pulls rocks and other objects from a high place to a low place

A

Gravity

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6
Q

The northern or southern half of earth

Lesson 1

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Hemisphere

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7
Q

What earth does every 24 hours on its axis

A

Rotate

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8
Q

The path earth takes around the sun or the path moon takes around the sun

A

Orbit

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9
Q

What occurs because earth orbits the sun on a tilted axis

A

Seasons

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10
Q

An invisible line that runs through the middle of an object

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Axis

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11
Q

A long, narrow crack in earths crust is called a

Lesson 2

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Fault

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12
Q

A tall landform that rises to a peak is called a

A

Mountain

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13
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A tool that measures the waves from an earthquake is a

A

Seismograph

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14
Q

A bend in rock layers is a

A

Fold

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15
Q

A high landform with a flat top is a

A

Plateau

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16
Q

Earth completes one rotation every Hours

Lesson 3

17
Q

As earth The sun appears to rise

18
Q

A fire can be caused by

19
Q

Plants and animals lose their

20
Q

Usually Torontos spin off of several