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WorksheetsCh. 2: Earth's Physical Geography
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
The careful use of resources to avoid wasting them is called
conservation
deforestation
irrigation
biodiversity
The theory of _________________________ explains how continents were formed and why they move.
mantle disbursement
plate tectonics
erosion
magma formation
The usual, predictable patterns of weather in an area over many years are called _______________________.
climate
current
biome
El Nino
A plateau called a ________________________lies off the coast of each continent and stretches for several miles underwater.
continental water cycle
continental trench
continental shelf
continental aquifer
Almost 97 percent of the planet’s water is ___________________________.
groundwater
frozen in glaciers and ice sheets
salt water
fresh water
Chemicals in air pollution can combine with precipitation to form _______________________________.
acid rain
the greenhouse effect
the ozone layer
chlorofluorocarbons
Areas that have similar patterns of temperature and precipitation are known as _______________________________.
climate zones
biomes
El Nino
currents
Surrounding Earth’s core is a layer of hot, dense rock called the _________________________.
core
magma
crust
mantle
Chemicals from air pollution that combine with precipitation
(a)
area that includes particular kinds of plants and animals adapted to conditions there
(a)
underground layer of rock through which water flows
(a)
pattern of weather that takes place in an area over many years
(a)
cutting down of forests without replanting new trees
(a)
process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, and ice
(a)
scientific theory that explains how processes within the Earth from continents and cause their movement
(a)
system in which water moves from the Earth to the air and back to the Earth
(a)
process in which rock is broken into smaller pieces by water and ice, chemicals, or even plants
(a)
changes in temperature, wind speed and direction, and air moisture that take place over a short period of time
(a)
