Unit 1: Physical Geography

Question 0

Hemisphere

Answer 0

One of the halves of the globe.

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of the Earth and everything on it.

Question 2

Revolution

Answer 2

One full orbit around the sun.

Question 3

Solstice

Answer 3

The two times when the sun is farthest from the celestial equator.

Question 4

Equinox

Answer 4

The time when the sun crosses the plane of the equator.

Question 5

Biome

Answer 5

Similar ecosystems put together.

Question 6

Lithosphere

Answer 6

The crust and upper mantle; the solid portions of the Earth.

Question 7

Atmosphere

Answer 7

The gas around the solid portion of the Earth.

Question 8

Hydrosphere

Answer 8

The water on or surrounding the Earth.

Question 9

Biosphere

Answer 9

The entire Earth and the living organism that inhabit it.

Question 10

Relief

Answer 10

The difference in elevation and slope between a high and low surface.

Question 11

Ring of Fire

Answer 11

Volcanic and seismic activity around the pacific plate.

Question 12

Plate Tectonics

Answer 12

The theory that the Earth’s lithosphere is split into different plates.

Question 13

Continental Drift

Answer 13

The theory that the plates are moving over a large period of time and that there used to be supercontinent called Pangea.

Question 14

Mechanical Weathering

Answer 14

Destruction of rock by physical changes.

Question 15

Chemical Weathering

Answer 15

Changing of rock by chemical changes.

Question 16

Erosion

Answer 16

Movement and distribution of rock.

Question 17

Weather

Answer 17

The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.

Question 18

Climate

Answer 18

Generally prevailing weather in an area or region.

Question 19

Rotation

Answer 19

The spinning of the Earth around an axis.

Question 20

Ecosystem

Answer 20

The living and nonliving things in an environment. And how they interact with each other.

Question 21

Tundra

Answer 21

Vast, flat, treeless regions where the subsoil is frozen almost year round.

Question 22

Deciduous

Answer 22

Shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.

Question 23

The study of the Earth and everything on it.

Answer 23

Geography

Question 24

One of the halves of the globe.

Answer 24

Hemisphere

Question 25

One full orbit around the sun.

Answer 25

Revolution

Question 26

The two times when the sun is farthest from the celestial equator.

Answer 26

Solstice

Question 27

The time when the sun crosses the plane of the equator.

Answer 27

Equinox

Question 28

Similar ecosystems put together.

Answer 28

Biome

Question 29

The crust and upper mantle; the solid portions of the Earth.

Answer 29

Lithosphere

Question 30

The gas around the solid portion of the Earth.

Answer 30

Atmosphere

Question 31

The water on or surrounding the Earth.

Answer 31

Hydrosphere

Question 32

The entire Earth and the living organism that inhabit it.

Answer 32

Biosphere

Question 33

The difference in elevation and slope between a high and low surface.

Answer 33

Relief

Question 34

Volcanic and seismic activity around the pacific plate.

Answer 34

Ring of Fire

Question 35

The theory that the Earth’s lithosphere is split into different plates.

Answer 35

Plate Tectonics

Question 36

The theory that the plates are moving over a large period of time and that there used to be supercontinent called Pangea.

Answer 36

Continental Drift

Question 37

Destruction of rock by physical changes.

Answer 37

Mechanical Weathering

Question 38

Changing of rock by chemical changes.

Answer 38

Chemical Weathering

Question 39

Movement and distribution of rock.

Answer 39

Erosion

Question 40

The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.

Answer 40

Weather

Question 41

Generally prevailing weather in an area or region.

Answer 41

Climate

Question 42

The spinning of the Earth around an axis.

Answer 42

Rotation

Question 43

The living and nonliving things in an environment. And how they interact with each other.

Answer 43

Ecosystem

Question 44

Vast, flat, treeless regions where the subsoil is frozen almost year round.

Answer 44

Tundra

Question 45

Shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.

Answer 45

Deciduous