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WGeo Chapter 2
Question | Answer |
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natural features of the earth's surface | landforms |
lowest dry land point on Earth | Dead Sea |
small, irregularly shaped, planetlike objects | asteroids |
highest point on Earth | Mount Everest |
includes bodies of water such as oceans, lakes, and rivers | hydrosphere |
The two basic types of weathering are ___ and chemical | physical |
Surrounding the inner core of the Earth is a(n) __ outer core. | liquid |
The zone of earthquake activity around the Pacific Ocean is called the | Righ of Fire |
The huge supercontinent that many scientists believe once existed is called | Pangaea |
When folded land cannot be bent any further. | faulting |
the innermost part of the earth | core |
sudden, violent movement along a fault line | earthquake |
huge part of Earth's crust that floats on the upper mantle | plate |
large body of ice that moves across Earth's surface | glacier |
landform created from colliding continental plates | mountain |
Earth's thinnest layer | crust |
parts that form the core | inner & outer core |
layer between the crust and the outer core | mantle |
Earth's innermost layer | inner core |
Earth's layer between the outer core and the crust | mantle |
layer that forms the earth's surface | crust |
civilizations thrive in places where people have a constant supply of | water |
force that causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces | physical weathering |
large, moving bodies of ice | glaciers |
the changing of a liquid into a gas | evaporation |
the sun and planets around it | solar system |
slabs of rocks whose movement can create physical features | tectonic plates |
thick layer of rock under the earth's crust | mantle |
underground rock layer that is rich in water | aquifer |
body composed of icy dust particles and frozen gases | comet |
all of the bodies of water on the earth | hydrosphere |
rock and other debris left behind by a glacier | moraine |
Earth's bodies of water | hydrosphere |
freshwater beneath the earth's surface | groundwater |
the movement of water through different forms | water cycle |
changing of liquid water into vapor | evaporation |
process of turning ocean water into freshwater | desalination |
part of the water cycle that precedes precipitation | condensation |
drives the water cycle | sun |