Vocabulary Test I

A way of looking at a subject

• geomorphic

• solar system

• perspective

• collison

The interactions between living things and their environment, comprising a unit.

• spatial

• absolute location

• sphere

• ecosystem

Exact spot on Earth

• absolute location

• sphere

• relative location

• divergent

Distance between an imaginary set of lines that run parallel to Earth’s equator

• latitude

• prime median

• longitude

• orbit

A spot located relative to another spot

• relative location

• absolute location

• distance location

• latitude

Molten rock

• magma

• lava

• eruption

• crust

Two plates move apart from each other.

• tectonic plates

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

The path of a planet or object around another

• orbit

• gravitational pull

• solar system

• terrestrial planet

Manifestation of atmospheric events in a specific location

• rotation

• weather

• tilt

• axis

A planet smaller in size and gravitational pull than the other planets of the solar system

• dwarf planet

• terrestrial planet

• gravitational field

• gas giants