Chapter 2 Review

___________is the movement of sediment from one location to another.

• weathering

• erosion

• glaciers

• revolution

Because high ___________ areas receive indirect rays from the sun, they have cooler temperatures.

• latitude

• longitude

• energy

• solar

Most of our _________ is stored in Earth's streams, rivers, and lakes.

• surface water

• ground water

• stream water

• salt water

it takes 365 1/4 days for Earth to complete one ________ around the sun.

• rotation

• revolution

• circle

• turn

Streams are formed when __________ collects in narrow channels.

• glaciers

• salt water

• erosion

• precipitation

_________________ cause erosion as they flow down-hill, carving valleys and mountain peaks.

• Earthquakes

• Glaciers

• Waterfalls

• Floods

The planet's tilt affects the amount of ________ Earth receives from the sun.

• erosion

• solar energy

• nuclear energy

• earthquakes

Identify what factors influence the amount of energy that different places on Earth receive from the sun?

• salt water, erosion, longitude

• latitude, longitude, surface water

• erosion, glaciers, earthquakes

• Earth's tilt, rotation, revolution, latitude

Why do the Northern and Southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons?

• Earth's tilt means that one hemisphere is tilted toward the sun the other away from it.

• Earth's tilt means that one hemisphere is tilted away from the sun the other is the same.

• Earth's tilt means that both hemispheres are is tilted away from the sun.

• All of the above

What different sources of water are available on Earth?

• salt water - oceans and seas

• fresh water - streams, rivers

• fresh water - lakes, glaciers, underground

• all of the above