Chapter 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| The science of map making. | Cartography
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| Study of the earth's physical features & the living things. | geography
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| Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth's Northern & Southern Hemisphere. | hemisphere
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| Places united by a specific characteristics. | region
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| the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, & other bodies of water. | hydrosphere
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| surface land areas of the earth's crust, including continents & ocean basins. | lithosphere
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| the pat of the earth where life exists. | biosphere
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| process by which mountains can form as sea plates dive beneath continental plates. | subduction
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| a slow process in which a sea plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward. | accretion
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| fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt & clay, usually carried by the wind. | loess
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| the removal of the salt from sea water to make it usable for drinking & farming. | desalination
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| water within the earth that supplies wells & springs. | groundwater
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| underground water-bearing layers of porous rocky, sand, or gravel. | aquifer
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| a layer of gases that surrounds the earth. | atmosphere
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| a process by which new land is created when sea plates pull apart & magma wells up between the plates. | spreading
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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