Planet Earth

Question 1

Glaciers

Answer 1

Large mass of slow moving ice

Question 2

Lava

Answer 2

Magma that reaches the earth’s surface

Question 3

Drought

Answer 3

Long periods of lower than normal

Question 4

Revolution

Answer 4

Earth’s yearly trip around the sun

Question 5

Latitude

Answer 5

The distance north to south of the equator

Question 6

Fresh water

Answer 6

Water found in Earth’s streams, rivers,and lakes

Question 7

Run off

Answer 7

Precipitation that flows over land into rivers

Question 8

Weathering

Answer 8

The process of breaking rock in to smaller pieces

Question 9

Rotion

Answer 9

One complete spin of Earth on its axis

Question 10

Water cycle

Answer 10

The circulation of water in from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

Question 11

Water vapor

Answer 11

Water that falls to the earth surface as snow rain sleet or hail

Question 12

Land forms

Answer 12

Shapes on the planet surface

Question 13

Continents

Answer 13

Large landmass

Question 14

Erosion

Answer 14

Movement of sediment from one location to another.

Question 15

Axis

Answer 15

An imaginary line around which the planet.

Question 16

Surface water

Answer 16

Water on surface of the planet such as in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean

Question 17

Continental drift

Answer 17

Movement of the Earth’s continent.

Question 18

Solar energy

Answer 18

A radiant light and heat from the sun

Question 19

Condensation

Answer 19

The conversion Of a vapor or gas to a liquid

Question 20

Tropics

Answer 20

Regions of earth has seasons marked by change in rainfall rather than temperature

Question 21

Seasons

Answer 21

each of the four seasons marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth’s changing position with regard to the sun.

Question 22

Evaporation

Answer 22

Liquid water molecules changing into water vapor eating the atmosphere.

Question 23

Plate tectonics

Answer 23

a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

Question 24

Tilt

Answer 24

The tilt creates the changing seasons