Geography test 2 vocab words

Question 1

Solstice

Answer 1

The exact moment at which summer and winter start

Question 2

Equinox

Answer 2

The beginning of spring and fall

Question 3

Tectonic plates

Answer 3

A block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid outermost part of the mantle

Question 4

Erosion

Answer 4

The process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart and are swept away

Question 5

Climate

Answer 5

The average condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time

Question 6

Raw materials

Answer 6

Materials used to make products

Question 7

Habitat

Answer 7

A plant or animals nature environment

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

A community of plants and animals and their habitat

Question 9

Culture

Answer 9

How people in a region live, behave, and think. Expressions of culture include language, religion, beliefs, and customs

Question 10

Civilization

Answer 10

A society that has a highly developed culture and technology

Question 11

Divergent

Answer 11

Pulls away from each other

Question 12

Convergent

Answer 12

When oceanic and oceanic or continental and continental plates slide beneath each other

Question 13

Transform

Answer 13

When two plates slide into each other

Question 14

Natural resource

Answer 14

Something that is naturally occurring (not man made) that is used to satisfy humans needs and wants

Question 15

Renewable resource

Answer 15

Something that can be replenished

Question 16

Nonrenewable resource

Answer 16

Sources that we can run out of

Question 17

What causes seasons?

Answer 17

The earths tilt and revolution

Question 18

One day=

Answer 18

One spin for the earth

Question 19

One year=

Answer 19

One cycle of the earth around the sun

Question 20

What factors cause climate?

Answer 20

Uneven heating, topography, wind patterns, amount of sunlight, gases in atmosphere water, and ocean currents

Question 21

What causes weather

Answer 21

Humidity, air pressure, heat, and wind