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Unit 1, Chapter 2 Review
1. _surface water__________________ water that is found in Earth’s streams, rivers and lakes.
2. _Drought_______________________ long periods of lower-than-normal precipitation
3. What causes the Earth’s change in seasons? _tilt____________________________
4. _Lava_________________________ magma that reaches Earth’s surface
5. _Weathering____________________ the process of breaking rock into smaller pieces
6. _Runoff________________________ precipitation that flows over land into rivers and oceans
7. _Latitude_______________________ the distance north or south of the equator
8. _Revolution_____________________ Earth’s yearly trip around the sun
9. What percentage makes up the Earth’s freshwater supply? _3%___________________________
10. _Water Cycle____________________ the circulation of water from Earth’s surface to the
atmosphere and back
11. _Glacier_______________________ large areas of slow-moving ice
12. _Rotation______________________ one complete spin of Earth on its axis
13. _Continental Drift________________ this theory suggests that the continents were once part of
one supercontinent.
14. What is the main process of the water cycle?
_Evaporation and Precipitation_____________________________________________________
15. What seasons do the tropics have?
_Wet and Dry_________________________________________________________
16. What is a monsoon? _Seasonal winds that bring heavy rain.__________________________
17. What areas of the Earth can receive up to 24 hours of sunlight a day?
_Near the Arctic & Antarctic Circles_______________________________________________
18. What affects the amount of solar energy the planet receives?
_Revolution_________________________________________________________________
19. Water shortages can be a result from what?
_Drought_____________________________________________________
20. What is the imaginary line around which the Earth turns? _Axis________________________
21. What are the five major landforms? _mountains_____________________________,
_valleys_____________________________, _peninsulas_____________________________,
_plains_____________________________, _islands_____________________________
22. The collision of two continental plates results in?
_mountain - building__________________________________________________________
23. Most of Earth’s available freshwater is stored where?
_Groundwater__________________________________________
24. Glaciers can cause?
_Erosion______________________________________________________________________
25. When two plates slide past each other what occurs?
_Earthquakes____________________________________________
26. Where is most of the Earth’s salt water stored?
_Ocean________________________________________________
27. What is plate tectonics?
_Earth’s surface is divided into a dozen or so slow-moving plates, or pieces of Earth’s
crust._______________________________________________________________________