Social Studies, Chapter 1 Vocabulary Review

a huge mass of ice that moves slowly across the land

• landform

• evaporation

• glacier

• biosphere

a natural feature on Earth's surface, such as a hill

• glacier

• landform

• lithosphere

• precipitation

the soil and rock that forms Earth's surface

• lithosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• moraine

all of the water on Earth's surface

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• hydrologic cycle

the cycle that describes the movement of water on, in, and above Earth

• hydrologic cycle

• hydrosphere

• preciptiation

• evaporation

the change of a liquid to a vapor (gas)

• evaporation

• condensation

• preciptiation

• hydrologic cycle

the moisture that falls as rain or snow

• evaporation

• condensation

• preciptiation

• hydrologic cycle

all of the plants and animals living on Earth

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• hydrologic cycle

an area that has common features

• region

• natural resource

• moraine

• landform

something in the environment that people use

• region

• landform

• natural resource

• culture