Chapter 1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| the process by wich weathered bits of rock are moved elesewhere by wather wind or ice. | erosion |
| one of two days each year when the sun reaches its northernmost or southerernmost point. | solstice |
| a shanking or rumbleing of earth caused by the collision of tectonic plates. | earthquake |
| each half of erath | hemisphere |
| the layer of gases that surrounds earth. | athmosphere |
| An imaginary lines that runs throught earths center going north to south. | axis |
| one of two days each year when the sun is dirctly overhead at the equator. | equinox |
| the water that falls on earth as rain snow sleet hail or mist. | precipitation |
| the water contained inside earths crust. | grounedwater |
| rain that contains harmfull amounts of poisons due to pollutions. | acid rain |
| one of the 16 pieces of earth's crust. | tecktonic plate |
| the process by wich earths suface is worn away by natural forces. | weathering |
| getting information from far away | remote sensing |
| any way that scientifific discoveries are applied to practical use | technology |
| a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor. | tsunami |
| a large, un broken mass of land. | continenet |
| the process in wich water is used to water vapor. | water cycle |
| the change in which a liquid water to water vapor. | evaporation |
| the feature on a map that shows direction | compass rose |
| a natural feature found on land | landform |
| a large expance of land that can be flat or have a gentle roll. | plain |
| a process that make salt water safe to drink. | destilination |
| a narrow strip of land that connects two lager land areas. | isthmus |
| the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. | climate |
| an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean. | rain shadow |
| a map that shows specialized information | thematic map |
| a complete trip around the sun. | revolution |
| a long narrow steep sided cut on the ocean floor. | trench |
| a large body of ice that moves slowly across land. | glaicer |
| the differnce between the elevation of one feature and elevation of another feature near it | relief |
| one of several systems used to represent the the round earth on a flat map | map projection |
| To cicle around some thing. | orbit |
| a material that can be used to produce crops or other products | resource |
| the relationship between distances on the map and on earth | scale |
| the feature on a map that tells how a mesured space on the map relates to actual distances on earth | scale bar |
| the average weather in an area over a long period of time | climate |
| the feature on a map that explains the sybols colors and lines on a map | key |
| a place wheretwo tectonic plates grind against each other. | fault |
| a long narrow band of volcanos surrounding the pacific ocean. | ring of fire |
| an area where sand salt silt clay or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river. | delta |
| the changes of water vapor to a liquide or solide state. | condensation |
| the measurment of how much above or below sea level a place is | elevation |
| a flat area that rises above the surronding land. | plateau |
| the part of a contienent that extends into the ocean then drops off sharply. | contenental shelf |
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