Earth's Physical Geography

A stream that flows into a larger river

• tributary

• aquifer

• lake

• pond

This has a dry climate with grasses and shrubs

• steppe

• lithosphere

• tropics

This was a large landmass that at one time was made up of South America and Africa

• Pangaea

• Gondawa

• Kenorland

• Nena

The deepest place on Earth

• Mariana Trench

• Tonga Trench

• Puerto Rico Trench

• Diamantina Trench

A technique used to limit the loss of topsoil

• contour plowing

• sand blasting

• tributary

• steppe

The predictable pattern of weather

• temperature

• climate

• precipitation

• wind

The type of winds that normally blow over North America

• easterlies

• westerlies

• nor'easters

The Earth's "crust" is also known as the....

• lithosphere

• atmosphere

• mesosphere

• asthenoshpere

The underground layer of rock through which water flows

• aquifer

• pond

• lake

• river

Scientists believe that the Earth's inner core is made up of....

• steel and iron

• iron and nickel

• magma

• lava