Chapture 2 Planet Earth

Question 1

Solar energy

Answer 1

Energy from the sun

Question 2

Rotation

Answer 2

One complete spin of the earth on its axis

Question 3

Revolution

Answer 3

Trip around the sun

Question 4

Latitude

Answer 4

The distance north or south of the earth’s equator

Question 5

Tropics

Answer 5

Regions close to the equator

Question 6

Freshwater

Answer 6

Water without salt

Question 7

Glaciers

Answer 7

Large areas of slow moving ice

Question 8

Surface water

Answer 8

Water that is found in earths streams, rivers, and lakes.

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Water that falls to earths surface as rain, snow, or hail.

Question 10

Ground water

Answer 10

Water found below earths surface

Question 11

Water vapor

Answer 11

Water also occurs in the air as an invisible gas

Question 12

Water cycle

Answer 12

The moment of water from earths surface to the atmosphere and back.

Question 13

Landforms

Answer 13

Shapes on the plant’s surface

Question 14

Continents

Answer 14

Large land masses

Question 15

Plate tectonics

Answer 15

The thorny suggests earth’s surface is divided into an dozen of so slow-moving plates, or pieces of earth’s crust

Question 16

Lava

Answer 16

Magma that reaches earth’s surface

Question 17

Weathering

Answer 17

The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces

Question 18

Erosion

Answer 18

The movement of sediment from one location to another