Parker Fisher

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

The process where rocks decay and break over time.

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

The process where water vapor changes from gas to liquid droplets.

Question 3

Ecosystem

Answer 3

Communities of plants and animals.

Question 4

Erosion

Answer 4

Movement of surface material from one place to another.

Question 5

Magma

Answer 5

Liquid rock within Earth.

Question 6

Sediment

Answer 6

Small particles of weathered rocks.

Question 7

Plateau

Answer 7

An elevated flatland that rises sharply above nearby land on at least one side.

Question 8

Desalinization

Answer 8

Process of removing salt from ocean water.

Question 9

Headwaters

Answer 9

First and smallest streams created by the runoff of a mountain.

Question 10

Tributaries

Answer 10

Any smaller stream or river that flows into a bigger river/stream.

Question 11

Humus

Answer 11

Broken down plant and animal matter in soil.

Question 12

Contour Plowing

Answer 12

Plowing fields across a hill rather than up and down a hill.

Question 13

Crop Rotation

Answer 13

The practice of planting different crops in a field in alternating years.

Question 14

Deforestation

Answer 14

The action of clearing a wide area of trees.

Question 15

Reforestation

Answer 15

The replanting of trees in a forest.

Question 16

Aquifiers

Answer 16

Rock layers where groundwater is plentiful.

Question 17

Dialect

Answer 17

A regional variety of a language.

Question 18

Leaching

Answer 18

Downward movement of minerals and humus in soils.

Question 19

Urbanization

Answer 19

Growth in proportion of people living in town and cities.

Question 20

Population density

Answer 20

The average number of people living in an area.

Question 21

Natural boundary

Answer 21

Boundaries that follow a feature of the landscape.

Question 22

Abyssal Plain

Answer 22

Area on ocean floor where rocks start to sink because there is no heat holding them up.

Question 23

Polytheism

Answer 23

The belief in many gods.

Question 24

Tariffs

Answer 24

Taxes on imports and exports.

Question 25

Command economy

Answer 25

An economic system where the government decides what to produce.

Question 26

literacy rate

Answer 26

percentage of people who can read and write.

Question 27

Birth rate

Answer 27

the number of live births per thousand of population per year.

Question 28

market economy

Answer 28

an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.

Question 29

mosque

Answer 29

Islamic house of worship

Question 30

Fault

Answer 30

an extended break in a body of rock, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular surface.

Question 31

Quota

Answer 31

Limited amounts of product that can be imported.

Question 32

Monotheism

Answer 32

Belief in one god.

Question 33

refugees

Answer 33

people forces to leave their country