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GRIMES
Grimes 1st Semester Exam Review General Information Questions Part 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This occurs when a river falls off steeply. | Waterfall |
| This is a large body of salt water that often connects to an ocean. | Sea |
| This is a low place between mountains. | Valley |
| This narrow body of water connects two larger bodies of water. | Channel |
| These are flat lands with only small changes in elevation. | Plains |
| This is an extensive area of flat or rolling, predominately treeless, grassland. | Prairie |
| This is a group or chain of islands. | Archipelago |
| This is a shallow body of water along a coastline. | Lagoon |
| This is a large body of fresh water surrounded by land. | Lake |
| This is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses. | Isthmus |
| This is a raised area or mound of land. | Hill |
| Large bodies of saltwater surrounding the Continents. | Oceans |
| Forces within the Earth that cause sections of the crust to move. | Plate Tectonics |
| Eventual wearing down of the land. | Erosion |
| Land which is surrounded by water on three sides. | Peninsula |
| Land which is surrounded by water on all sides. | Island |
| This occurs when one country depends on another country for goods and services. | Globalization |
| The entire layer of air surrounding the Earth. | Atmosphere |
| Other than the Baja Peninsula, this peninsula is also located in Mexico. | Yucatan |
| Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, & South America are all continents, which continent is missing from this list? | Antarctica |
| Atlantic, Pacific, Indian are all Oceans of the World, which ocean is missing from this list? | Arctic |
| How are lines of latitude measured in seconds and minutes, or hours and days? | Seconds and Minutes |
| Name the Galaxy in which we live. | Milky Way |
| What does a Physical Relief Map show? | Natural Features |
| What percent of the Earth's surface is water, 60%, 70%, 90%? | 70% |
| Upon what, does the Earth spin? | Axis |
| In what two hemispheres is Nevada? | North and West |
| In what two hemispheres is Sydney, Australia? | South and East |
| Condensation, Transpiration and what, are the major parts of the Water Cycle? | Evaporation |
| Mexico, the Caribbean, the U.S.A, and Canada are part of North America, what other country is located in North America? | Greenland |
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