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WGeo Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| natural features of the earth's surface | landforms |
| lowest dry land point on Earth | Dead Sea |
| small, irregularly shaped, planetlike objects | asteroids |
| highest point on Earth | Mount Everest |
| includes bodies of water such as oceans, lakes, and rivers | hydrosphere |
| The two basic types of weathering are ___ and chemical | physical |
| Surrounding the inner core of the Earth is a(n) __ outer core. | liquid |
| The zone of earthquake activity around the Pacific Ocean is called the | Righ of Fire |
| The huge supercontinent that many scientists believe once existed is called | Pangaea |
| When folded land cannot be bent any further. | faulting |
| the innermost part of the earth | core |
| sudden, violent movement along a fault line | earthquake |
| huge part of Earth's crust that floats on the upper mantle | plate |
| large body of ice that moves across Earth's surface | glacier |
| landform created from colliding continental plates | mountain |
| Earth's thinnest layer | crust |
| parts that form the core | inner & outer core |
| layer between the crust and the outer core | mantle |
| Earth's innermost layer | inner core |
| Earth's layer between the outer core and the crust | mantle |
| layer that forms the earth's surface | crust |
| civilizations thrive in places where people have a constant supply of | water |
| force that causes rocks to break down into smaller pieces | physical weathering |
| large, moving bodies of ice | glaciers |
| the changing of a liquid into a gas | evaporation |
| the sun and planets around it | solar system |
| slabs of rocks whose movement can create physical features | tectonic plates |
| thick layer of rock under the earth's crust | mantle |
| underground rock layer that is rich in water | aquifer |
| body composed of icy dust particles and frozen gases | comet |
| all of the bodies of water on the earth | hydrosphere |
| rock and other debris left behind by a glacier | moraine |
| Earth's bodies of water | hydrosphere |
| freshwater beneath the earth's surface | groundwater |
| the movement of water through different forms | water cycle |
| changing of liquid water into vapor | evaporation |
| process of turning ocean water into freshwater | desalination |
| part of the water cycle that precedes precipitation | condensation |
| drives the water cycle | sun |
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