Earth Science: Continents & Spheres

What are large landmasses on Earth's surface called?

What is the solid rock portion of Earth's surface called?

What is the thin layer of gases surrounding Earth called?

What is the term for all the water at and near the surface of the Earth?

What comprises all life on Earth and the parts of Earth where life exists?

What is the hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface called?

What does the solar system consist of?

What is the Earth's core made of and where is it?

What layer of hot, solid material lies between Earth's crust and core?

What is the thin and solid outermost layer of the Earth above the mantle called?

What is the cycle through which water in the hydrosphere moves called?

What is a large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans called?

What are swells and ridges produced by winds in water called?

What are the regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the moon's gravity called?

What is the area from which a single stream or river and its tributaries drains all of the water called?

What type of water is held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock?

What is the upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater called?

What is a natural feature of the Earth's surface called?

What is the earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean called?

What encompasses the surface shag and composition of the landforms and their distribution in a region?

What are sections of the Earth's crust that move due to convection currents called?

What is a plate boundary where two plates move away from each other called?

What is a tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide called?

What is a plate boundary where two plates move past each other in opposite directions called?

What is a break in the Earth's crust called?

What is a device that measures the strength of an earthquake called?

What point on Earth's surface is directly above an earthquake's focus called?

What is a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor called?

What is magma that reaches Earth's surface called?

What is the name of the major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean?

What is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface called?

What are small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things called?

What is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means called?

What is the process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup called?

What are processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away called?

What is a landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake called?

What is a wind-formed deposit made of fine particles of clay and silt that produces fertile soil called?

What is a large mass of moving ice and snow on land called?

What is a process by which glaciers form and spread called?

What are piles of rocky debris left by melting glaciers called?

What is organic, dark material remaining after decomposition by microorganisms called?

What is the third planet from the Sun in the solar system called?

What is the distance from Earth to the Sun?

What are ice and dust spheres leaving vapor trails called?

What are large rocky materials found in space called?

What is the region between Mars and Jupiter's orbits called?

What is the approximate circumference of the Earth?

What is the approximate diameter of the Earth?

What is the liquid layer surrounding the inner core called?

What is the solid center of the Earth called?

What layer surrounding the core contains most mass called?

What is molten rock formed in the mantle called?

What is the thin outer layer of rock on Earth's surface called?

What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before continental drift?

What is the name of the ocean surrounding the supercontinent Pangaea?

What is the exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates called?

What is the position of a place in relation to another place called?

What describes where a place is? (Absolute & Relative)

What are features of the earth's surface, such as landforms, water systems, climate patterns, and plant and animal life called?

What includes a variety of factors such as history, government, social groups, economic systems, language, religion, clothing, housing, food, or art forms?

What explains what a place is like?

What addresses how do people interact with the environment?

What describes how is the place connected to other places? (Through the movement of people, ideas or goods)

What explains how common geographic characteristics help us describe / understand a place?

What is a region defined by government or administrative boundaries called?

What is a region defined by some function or reason called?

What is a region defined by what people think and the perceptions of the region called?

What type of map shows geographic locations on Earth's surface, such as the locations of cities or oceans?

What type of map displays one or more variables-such as population, or income level-within a specific area?

What type of map tells you how to get from place to place?

What is the process of observing, measuring, and recording data that will be used for map accuracy called?

What is a database of information called?

What is the distance north or south of the equator called?

What measures distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees?

What are either of the two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator called?

What is the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length called?

What is the condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place called?

What is the overall weather in an area over a long period of time called?

What type of precipitation is formed due to surface heating of the air at the ground surface?

What type of precipitation occurs when two air masses of different temperatures meet?

What describes the precipitation caused by winds blowing warm, moist air toward coastal mountains?

What is the dry region on the side of a mountain that is sheltered from wind called?

What type of climate, located along the equator, experiences rain every day of the year?

What type of climate, located along the equator, has a dry season with little to no rain?

What type of climate is characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, dry winters?

What type of climate is defined by very dry weather conditions?

What type of climate is marked by warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters?

What type of climate is a moderate climate with cool summers and mild winters that is heavily influenced by maritime conditions?

What is the name of the climate that is located on the east coast of continents and has warm humid summers, and mild to cool winters?

What type of climate is located in the middle latitudes, the agriculturally productive, true four-season climate?

What type of climate has limited precipitation, cool summers, and very cold winters?

What is a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line called?

What type of climate is a cold area near the North or South pole called?

What is the name of the cool to cold climates found in mountains and on high plateaus called?

What are broadleaf trees that lose leaves in the cold season called?

What are broadleaf trees that stay green year round called?

What are needle leaf trees with cones that stay green year round called?

What is the name of the scrubland biome of dense, spiny evergreen shrubs found at midlatitudes along coasts where cold ocean currents circulate offshore?

What is a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees called?

What are temperate grasslands called?