Ch. 2 - Planet Earth

Which theory suggests that the continents were once part of one supercontinent?

• tilt and rotation

• continental drift

• Ring of Fire

• eruption patterns

The distance north or south of the equator

• revolution

• latitude

• longitude

• drought

The sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor in

• evaporation

• condensation

• preipitation

• runoff

Water that is found in Earth's streams, rivers, and lakes

• surface water

• water cycle

• drought

• weathering

Which is not a way that people change landforms?

• drilling tunnels through mountains

• building dams

• weathering

• building terraces for farming

Earth's yearly trip around the sun

• revolution

• rotation

• runoff

• water cycle

Which of the following affects the amount of heat from the sun a part of Earth receives?

• precipitaion

• revolution

• plate collision

• plate separation

Long periods of lower-than-normal precipitation

• water cycle

• drought

• weathering

• runoff

What regions have seasons marked by rainfall rather then temperature?

• the tropics

• areas near the poles

• high latitudes

• mid-latitiudes

The circulation of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

• revolution

• drought

• surface water

• water cycle