Study questions for chapter 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Orbit | The path followed by an object in space as it moves around another
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| Revolution | One complete orbit of one object around another
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| Axis | A line around which an object turns
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| Rotation | One complete turn of an object around it's axis
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| Low Latitudes | The region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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| High Latitudes | The region inside the Arctic and Antarctic circles
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| Middle Latitudes | The regions between the Tropic of Cancer, and the Arctic Circle and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle
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| Landform | A type of shape of land such as a mountain or a plain
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| Mountain | A landform that rises more that 2,000 ft above sea level and tapers to a peak.
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| Hill | A landform that sits above the land around it, but is not very tall
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| Plateau | An area of mostly flat land that rises above the surrounding land
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| Plain | An area of mostly flat or rolling land with few tall plants such as trees
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| Plate Tectonics | The theory that the Earth's crust is made up of several pieces that shift around
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| Plate | A section of the Earth's Crust that moves slowly
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| Weathering | The breaking down of rocks by wind rain, or other forms of precipitation
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| Erosion | The process in which the elements slowly wear away and remove land
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| Atmosphere | The band of gasses surrounding a planet
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| Weather | The condition of the atmosphere at one location at one specific time
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| Temperature | The measure of how hot or cold a substance is
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| Precipitation | Any form of water falling down on earth from clouds
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| Climate | The average weather patterns in an area over time
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| Why is the sun important to planets in the solar system? | It provides warmth and light for all of the planets, as well as a path for them to follow in order that they might not fly off in an undetermined path.
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