Geography Review

The ___ is the center of the earth.

___ is the breakdown of rock at or near the earth's surface

___ are piles of rocks and debris left behind when glaciers melt and receede in some places

_____ Is a way to locate somewhere on the globe in relation to other places

______is the process that alters a rocks chem. makeup

_____ is the movement of gravel soil and sand

______ is the position of a location on a globe

In the early 1900s german explorer _______ suggested the continental drift theory

______ occurs when rock is actually broken or weakened physically

_____ are huge slow moving sheets of ice

The equator divides the world into 2 _____

The study of the earths physical structure and history

molten rock is also called ___

Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator

______ is a circle of vocalnoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean

______ Consist of one central place and the surrounding places affected by it

Water moving swiftly down a stream bed carries _____

______ circles the globe halfway through the N and S poles

Chemicals in the polluted air combine with water vapor and fall back to earth as ____

________ are areas in which a certain char. is found throughout the region

______ refers to the rise in the earths temprature

______ describes the earths movement through space as it spins on its axis

Movement of winds worldwide is what ____________________

_____ is another name for air masses

________ in the weather pattern that an area typically experiences over a long period of time

Most efforts to classify climate regions rely on _____________