Question | Answer |
The science of map making. | Cartography |
Study of the earth's physical features & the living things. | geography |
Half of a sphere or globe, as in the earth's Northern & Southern Hemisphere. | hemisphere |
Places united by a specific characteristics. | region |
the watery areas of the earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, & other bodies of water. | hydrosphere |
surface land areas of the earth's crust, including continents & ocean basins. | lithosphere |
the pat of the earth where life exists. | biosphere |
process by which mountains can form as sea plates dive beneath continental plates. | subduction |
a slow process in which a sea plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward. | accretion |
fine, yellowish-brown topsoil made up of particles of silt & clay, usually carried by the wind. | loess |
the removal of the salt from sea water to make it usable for drinking & farming. | desalination |
water within the earth that supplies wells & springs. | groundwater |
underground water-bearing layers of porous rocky, sand, or gravel. | aquifer |
a layer of gases that surrounds the earth. | atmosphere |
a process by which new land is created when sea plates pull apart & magma wells up between the plates. | spreading |