Geography Quiz 2/20

an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean

• rain shadow

• precipitation

• solastic

• revolution

to circle around something

• atmosphere

• equinox

• orbit

• climate

the waterfall on the ground as rain, snow sleet, hail, or moist

• precipitation

• axis

• climate

• orbit

an imaginary line that runs through Earth's center from the North Pole to the South Pole

• axis

• solastic

• equinox

• revolution

a complete trip of Earth around the sun, a period of violent and sweeping change

• axis

• solastic

• revolution

• equinox

one of two days each year when the sun is directly overhead at the equator

• climate

• equinox

• solastic

• revolution

one of two days of the year when the sun reaches it northerns most or southern most point

• atmosphere

• solastic

• equinox

• climate

the average weather in an area over a long period of time

• axis

• equinox

• revolution

• climate

accurate

• weathering

• correct

• continent

• fault

the process by which weather bits of rocks are moved elsewhere by water, wind or ice

• tectonic plates

• erosion

• fault

• ring of fire