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Unit 2 SS Fill In The Blanks

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In each blank, try to type in the word that is missing. If you've typed in the correct word, the blank will turn green.

If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed.

When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on.
Question: westerlyAnswer: west to east winds in latitudes
Question: doldrumsAnswer: calm areas with no prevailing along the equator
Question: trade Answer: winds that blow from high to low zones
Question: windsAnswer: that usually blow from the same directions
Question: air Answer: of force exerted by air
Question: effectAnswer: when solar energy is in the atmosphere
Question: temperatureAnswer: the measure of
Question: steppeAnswer: area between the Arid deserts
Question: Answer: twisting spirals of wind
Question: rain effectAnswer: deserts formed on leeward sides of
Question: orographic Answer: when air flowing from the ocean meets a barrier
Question: elevationAnswer: of something on Earth
Question: Answer: a tropical storm resolving in violent winds, heavy , and dangerously high seas
Question: Answer: a tropical storm on islands and areas
Question: humidtyAnswer: amount of water vapor in the
Question: remote Answer: devices used on satelites as
Question: frontAnswer: meeting zone of warmer subpolar and cold air
Question: windAnswer: high winds that come from east
Question: What happens when warm westerlies come in contact with winds?Answer: there is a
Question: What would happen if too much solar energy was in the atmosphereAnswer: we would die from
Question: How can people make use of Landsat images to protect the Answer: They tell you information on the environment and how to help
Question: How do global wind paterns and global ocean current patterns help Earth maintain an balanceAnswer: they circulate
Question: What causes differences in air Answer: Hot and cold
Question: How does air behave differently in a low-pressure area then in a high-pressure Answer: Lower Air is colder and less
Question: What is the relationship between evaporation, , and precipitationAnswer: they are all of H20
Question: How do elevation and the effect influence land and climateAnswer: The you go, the colder it gets
Question: How does the latitude of a site its climateAnswer: The closer it is to the the hotter it is
Question: What is the between weather and climateAnswer: is temporary
Question: Answer: wearing away of
Question: Explain why the are still growingAnswer: There is still activity
Question: Explain what contributes to the temperature of deserts, Answer: Little rain no trees
Question: What life in desertsAnswer: Cactus, reptiles, bugs, and
Question: What is the only continent without a Answer: Europe
Question: What and where is the worlds desertAnswer:
Question: Answer: When a place loses plants and gains features of a
Question: DesertAnswer: An area onEarth that litlle rain
Question: How do within Earth prevent prevent the surface due to erosianAnswer: Volcanic
Question: Classify landforms into three categories other then primary and Answer: Size, , and shape
Question: How is the island of Surtsey a good example that is both a and secondary landformAnswer: It has through volcanic activity
Question: How do primary and secondary differ? give an example of eachAnswer: Primary are large land masses, secondary are primarys that have eroded. Mt. St Helens was once a primary, now its .
Question: How does erosion of earths occur (explain)Answer: Wind blowing, and other forces that move landforms or them.
Question: ReliefAnswer: Differences in of a landform
Question: What is the between folding and faultingAnswer: one bends(folds), one (faults)
Question: Which type of plate boundary is likley to have the greates on humansAnswer: pushing together
Question: What landforms form at each of the 3 of plate boundariesAnswer: Mountains, , and continents
Question: Assess the extent to which human activities changes in Earths surfacesAnswer: , litter, and land development
Question: What occurs whe rock is bent? ?Answer: Folds.
Question: What process erodes Answer: wind
Question: What when plates meetAnswer: Earthquakes and mountains are
Question: How does the study of plate boundaries explain how some mountains are Answer: It tells if a fault or a fold them
Question: Explain the part wind plays in shaping the Answer: Its a that causes erosian
Question: How far the surface of the earth is its inner coreAnswer: 860
Question: What is Answer: Ground up
Question: What created Bryce Canyon's and unusualy rock formationsAnswer: Many centureies of weathuring by and ice
Question: Answer: the mouth of a river whre sediment can be
Question: alluvial Answer: a fan shaped deposit of sediment that is deposited by a
Question: Answer: a landform of ground
Question: Answer: a long valley on the floor
Question: foldAnswer: the result of bent rock
Question: Answer: melted liquid rocks or magma Earth
Question: Answer: Opening in crust through which lava flows
Question: sand Answer: Hails of wind sand
Question: Answer: masses of ice that move
Question: sedimentAnswer: weathering breaking particles of mud, sand, or
Question: rock Answer: of rock decaying
Question: Answer: wearing away of
Question: What % of the Earth surface is covered by the Answer: 71%
Question: what percent of the water on earth is Answer: 97%
Question: What percent of on earth is iceAnswer: 2%
Question: What % of earths water is fresh Answer: 1%
Question: Why is the blueAnswer: It reflects off the ocean ~Karl
Question: wy the Arctic Ocean freezes but the Pacifc Ocean does notAnswer: The artic ocean is colder and has less
Question: 3 Ways life would change if the worlds resources were reducedAnswer: Everyone would start to die the food chain would diminish and people would die of thirst, and plants would die.
Question: As of the year 2000, how many are there, and what are their namesAnswer: 5:pacific, atlantic,arctic,indian, and
Question: What was the four oceansAnswer: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and
Question: Whats the average of the oceanAnswer: 34°
Question: the major source of ground waterAnswer:
Question: Why are rivers and estuaries important to ocean Answer: they circulate
Question: Why is important to agriculture and industryAnswer: feeds plants and powers hydrolics
Question: CycleAnswer: The circulation opf water among parts of the
Question: How is hydroelectricity Answer: when is stored behind dams
Question: What are 3 US that depend on irrigationAnswer: TX, CA, and
Question: shelfAnswer: Most shallow part of
Question: Answer: a rock layer flows through
Question: Water Answer: top of saturated zone in rocks
Question: Answer: freshwater underground
Question: Answer: important surface
Question: estuaryAnswer: when rivers meet an inlet of the
Question: Answer: an area of land by a river
Question: tributaryAnswer: small stream that plows into a body of water
Question: Answer: first and smallest streams from
Question: evapotranspirationAnswer: a of evaporation
Question: Answer: water that through land
Question: hydrologic Answer: the cycle of water
Question: Answer: a power source
Question: Answer: large scale of manufactured
Question: Answer: watering land pipes
 
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