Chapter 2 Planet Earth

Question 1

Solar energy

Answer 1

Earth requires energy from the sun

Question 2

Rotation

Answer 2

One complete spin of earth on its axis

Question 3

Latitude

Answer 3

The distance north or south

Question 4

Revolution

Answer 4

Trip around the sun

Question 5

Tropics

Answer 5

Regions close to the sun

Question 6

Fresh water

Answer 6

Water wothout salt

Question 7

Glaciers

Answer 7

Large areas of slow moving ice

Question 8

Surface water

Answer 8

Water found in earths streams rivers and lakers

Question 9

Precipation

Answer 9

Water falls Earths surface as rain

Question 10

Groundwater

Answer 10

Water found under ground

Question 11

Water vapor

Answer 11

In the air that’s a gas

Question 12

Water cycle

Answer 12

Movement of water from earths surface

Question 13

Landforms

Answer 13

Shapes on the planets surface

Question 14

Continents

Answer 14

Large land masses

Question 15

Plate tectonics

Answer 15

Divides the earths surface into a dozen or slow moving plates or pieces of Earths crust

Question 16

Lava

Answer 16

Magma that reaches earths surface

Question 17

Earthquakes

Answer 17

Sudden, violent movements of earth’s crust.

Question 18

Weathering

Answer 18

The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces

Question 19

Erosion

Answer 19

Movement of sediment from one location to another