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Geography Chapter 2
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Question | Answer |
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How long does it take to finish on rotation? One revolution? | 24 hours and 365.25 |
Factors that influence climate? | Land forms, elevation, currents, latitude |
external features of Earth | Hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere |
Internal features | crust, mantle, core |
Day in Northern hemisphere with most sunlight | solstice |
Earth has _ climate zones and which one do we live in | 6, continental |
What is the difference between climate and weather. | Climate is long term and weather is short term. |
When day/night in both hemispheres are equal in length. | Equinox |
Average weather conditions over a long period of time | climate |
One complete trip around the sun | Revolution |
Earth has been constantly changing since its beginning ___ billion years ago | 4.5 |
Forces work below the Earth's surface. | Internal forces |
Weathering, erosion, human factors | external forces |
Fast changes | earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes |
Slow changes | plate tectonics, mountains, islands, canyons |
to move around something | orbit |
The layer of gases that surround the Earth | atmosphere |
Purpose of the leap year | keep calendar accurate |
Most of earths landforms (mountains, islands, canyons..) were created under earths surface. True or false | True |
All things on Earth | Biosphere |
Removing salt from from water to make it drinkable. | Desalinization |
Narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. | Isthmus |
Pollution that falls to the ground as rain. | Acid Rain |
The ocean floor, like the ground we walk on is part of Earths mantle. True or False | False |
Worlds deepest point. | Mariana Trench |
How deep is the worlds deepest point | 35,000 |
Worlds longest mountain chain. | Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
The three states that water exists in. | Vapor, Solid, and Liquid |
Percentage of salt water on Earth | 97% |
Amount of fresh water on Earth | 3% |
Where is most of the fresh water at | Ice caps |