Septiembre 7

Question 1

A region’s average weather conditions over a long period

Answer 1

Climate

Question 2

Are winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth

Answer 2

Prevailing winds

Question 3

Large streams of surface seawater

Answer 3

Ocean currents

Question 4

The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet is a

Answer 4

Front

Question 5

Seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air

Answer 5

Monsoons

Question 6

Areas of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrub

Answer 6

Savannas

Question 7

The short-term changes in the air for a given place and time

Answer 7

Weather

Question 8

Semidry grasslands or prairies

Answer 8

Steppes

Question 9

Permanently frozen layers of soil

Answer 9

Permafrost

Question 10

Surrounding

Answer 10

Enviroment

Question 11

Is a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the enviroment in which they live

Answer 11

Ecosystem

Question 12

Is the place where a plant or animal lives

Answer 12

Habitat

Question 13

To die out

Answer 13

Extinct

Question 14

Decayed plant or animal matter

Answer 14

Humus

Question 15

The spread of desertlike conditions

Answer 15

Desertification

Question 16

Is any material in nature that people use and value

Answer 16

Natural resource

Question 17

Are resources Earth replaces naturally

Answer 17

Renewable resources

Question 18

Are resources that cannot be replaced

Answer 18

Non renewable resources

Question 19

The clearing of trees

Answer 19

Deforestation

Question 20

Planting trees to replace lost forestland

Answer 20

Reforestation

Question 21

Non renewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals

Answer 21

Fossil fuels

Question 22

The production of electricity from waterpower

Answer 22

Hydroelectric power

Question 23

Energy from the sun

Answer 23

Solar energy

Question 24

Is one complete spin of Earth on its axis

Answer 24

Rotation

Question 25

On trip around the sun

Answer 25

Revolution

Question 26

The distance north or south of Earth’s equator

Answer 26

Latitude

Question 27

Regions close to the equator

Answer 27

Tropics

Question 28

Water without salt

Answer 28

Freshwater

Question 29

Large areas of slow-moving ice

Answer 29

Glaciers

Question 30

Is water that is found in Earth’s streams , rivers , and lakes

Answer 30

Surface water

Question 31

Is water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain , snow , sleet , or hail

Answer 31

Precipitation

Question 32

Water found below Earth’s surface

Answer 32

Groundwater

Question 33

Water also occurs in the air as an invisible gas

Answer 33

Water vapor

Question 34

Is the movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

Answer 34

Water cycle

Question 35

Are shapes on the planet’s surface

Answer 35

Landforms

Question 36

Large landmasses

Answer 36

Continents

Question 37

The theory Suggests that Earth’s surface is divided into a dozen or so slow-moving plates , or pieces of Earth’s crust

Answer 37

Plate tectonics

Question 38

Magma that reaches Earth’s surface

Answer 38

Lava

Question 39

Sudden , violent movements of Earth’s crust

Answer 39

Earthquakes

Question 40

Is the process by which the rock is broken down into many smaller pieces

Answer 40

Weathering

Question 41

Is the movement of sediment from one location to another

Answer 41

Erosion

Question 42

Write 3 renewable resources

Answer 42

Water
Soil
Trees

Question 43

Write 3 non renewable resources

Answer 43

Fossil fuels , gas , coal

Question 44

Distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line

Answer 44

Longitude

Question 45

Write the five different landforms

Answer 45

Mountains
Valleys
Plains
Islands
Peninsulas