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1. shortest day of the year
occur in the Northern
Hemisphere
1. winter solstice
2. the crust, continents and
uppermost part of the
mantle
2. lithosphere
3. pattern of weather in an
area over a long period of
time
3. climate
4. terrestrial planets have
4. a solid rocky crust
5. sun is directly over the
equator on this day
5. equinox
6. leeward side of
mountain ranges
6. rain shadow
7. the part of the earth
where life exists
7. biosphere
8. part of a continent that
extends out underneath the
ocean
8. continental shelf
9. precipitation found in
mountainous areas
9. orographic
10. Name the four major
biomes on Earth:
10. desert, grassland,
forest, tundra
11. thick middle layer of the
earth's interior structure
consisting of hot rock that is
dense but flexible
11. mantle
12. weather in an area over
a long period of time
12. climate
13. the theory that the
continents were once
joined and then slowly
drifted apart
13. continental drift
14. removing salt from
ocean or seawater
14. desalinization
15. process by which
oceanic plates dive
beneath continental plates,
often causing mountains to
form on land
15. subduction
16. all of Earth’s water
elements
16. hydrosphere
17. Type of precipitation
found in rain forest areas
17. convectional
18. process by which
magma wells up between
oceanic plates and pushes
the plates apart
18. spreading
19. evaporation,
condensation, and
precipitation
19. water cycle
20. chemical or physical
processes that break down
rocks into smaller pieces
20. weathering
21. a large body of ice that
moves across the surface
of the earth
21. glacier
22. LACEMOPS
22. acronym for factors
that influence climate
23. piles of rocky debris
left by melting glaciers
23. moraines
24. water located
underground within the
earth that supplies wells
and springs
24. groundwater
25. warming of the earth
that occurs when the sun’s
radiation passes through
the atmosphere
25. greenhouse effect
26. wind in a region that
blows in a fairly constant
directional pattern
26. prevailing wind
27. 23.5°N & 23.5°S
27. Tropic of Cancer &
Tropic of Capricorn
28. the resulting diagonal
movement, either north or
south, of prevailing winds
caused by the earth’s
rotation
28. Coriolis effect
29. a frequently windless
area near the equator
29. doldrums
30. underground layer of
rock often saturated with
freshwater
30. aquifer
31. a periodic change in
the pattern of ocean
currents, water
temperatures, and weather
in the mid-pacific region
31. El Niño
32. being in or facing
opposite the direction
toward which the wind is
blowing towards a
mountain
32. shortest day of the year
occur in the Northern
Hemisphere
32. leeward
33. the physical
characteristics of the
surface of the land
33. terrain
34. plant life that grows in a
certain area if people have
not changed the natural
environment
34. natural vegetation
35. trees such as oak and
maple, which lose their
leaves in autumn
35. deciduous
36. a permanently frozen
layer of soil beneath the
surface of the ground
36. permafrost
36. permafrost
37. the term scientists use to
describe the activities of
continental drift and
magma flow, which create
many of earth's physical
features
37. plate tectonics