Geography Chapter 2 Review

A process where water, wind, and ice move away 

weathered rock.

• Erosion

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Water Cycle

A plateau that stretches for several miles

Underwater off the coast of each continent.

• Erosion

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Water cycle

Deep cut in the ocean floor created by tectonic 

activity.

• Erosion

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Water cycle

The process through which water moves from the

oceans, to the air, to the ground.

• Erosion

• Continental Shelf

• Trench

• Water cycle

Water changes from liquid to gas.

• Evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

When temperatures drop water changes from a 

gas back to a liquid.

• Evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

Water droplets fall back to earth as rain, snow,

Sleet, or hail.

• Evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

The last process of the water cycle when the water

collects on the ground and in rivers, lakes, and 

oceans.

• Evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• collection

Changes in temperature over a short period of 

time.

• weather

• climate

• currents

• El Nino

Patterns of weather in an area over many years.

• weather

• climate

• currents

• El Nino