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Chapter 2 Test Guide
Questions and answers to test guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is the sun important to the planets in the solar system? | It provides heat and light, and allows us to have days, nights, and years. |
| The earth's tilt is responsible for what? | Temperatures and Seasons |
| What is most of the earth's surface covered by? | Water |
| What happens to the earth's surface when huge pieces of crust move? | Earthquakes and/or volcanoes |
| The earth's climate is effected by latitude, landforms, and a combination of what? | Wind and water |
| What type of vegetation is found in a humid continental climate? | Grasslands and forests |
| Where are moderate climates generally found? | Middle latitudes |
| Without wind and water working together, the earth would what? | Overheat |
| ESSAY. | Plants adapt by b-ing tall & big. The Great Plains' grass is tall so it can survive the harsh winters in the mid w. There r conif. woods in contin. areas cuz they can survive in cold winters. Plants that live in dry areas are small & take up little space |
| Orbit | The path followed by an object in space |
| Revolution | One complete orbit of the earth around the sun |
| Axis | An imaginary line around which a planet turns |
| Rotation | The spinning motion of the earth |
| Low latitudes | Between tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn |
| MIddle Latitudes | Between tropic of cancer, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, and tropic of capricorn. |
| High Latitudes | Between arctic circle, north pole, antarctic circle and south pole |
| Landform | An area of earths surface with a definite shape |
| Mountain | A landform that rises above 2,000 ft above sea level |
| Hill | A landform that rises above surrounding land with a rounded top |
| Plateau | A large flat area that rises above surrounding land |
| Plain | Large area of flat, gently rolling land |
| Plate Tectonics | Theory that earth's crust is made of huge slabs of plates |
| Plate | Huge section of earth's crust |
| Weathering | The breaking down of rocks by wind, ice and rain |
| Erosion | Process by which water, wind, or ice wears away landforms, and carries it to another place |
| Atmosphere | Multilayered band of gases that surrounds the earth |
| Weather | Bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere |
| Temperature | Degree of hotness or coldness of something such as water or air |
| Precipitation | All forms of water that fall from the atmosphere |
| Climate | Weather patterns that an area typically experiences |
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