Chapter 2 Planet Earth

1. Chapter 2 Planet Earth Vocabulary 1 Vocabulary 2 Rotation/ Revolution Water on Earth The Land 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy

2. 100 Question from Vocabulary 1 Large area of slow-moving ice

3. 100 Answer from Vocabulary 1 glacier

4. 200 Question from Vocabulary 1 Magma that reaches Earth’s surface

5. 200 Answer from Vocabulary 1 lava

6. 300 Question from Vocabulary 1 Long periods of lower-than-normal precipitation

7. 300 Answer from Vocabulary 1 drought

8. 400 Question from Vocabulary 1 Water found below Earth’s surface

9. 400 Answer from Vocabulary 1 groundwater

10. 500 Question from Vocabulary 1 Water that is found in Earth’s streams, rivers, and lakes

11. 500 Answer from Vocabulary 1 Surface water

12. 100 Question from Vocabulary 2 Water occurring in the air as an Invisible gas

13. 100 Answer from Vocabulary 2 Water vapor

14. 200 Question from Vocabulary 2 The distance north or south of the Equator

15. 200 Answer from Vocabulary 2 latitude

16. 300 Question from Vocabulary 2 Earth’s yearly trip around the sun

17. 300 Answer from Vocabulary 2 revolution

18. 400 Question from Vocabulary 2 Precipitation that flows over land into rivers and oceans

19. 400 Answer from Vocabulary 2 runoff

20. 500 Question from Vocabulary 2 The process of breaking rock into smaller pieces

21. 500 Answer from Vocabulary 2 weathering

22. 100 Question from Rotation/Revolution An imaginary line running through the Earth from the North to the South Pole

23. 100 Answer from Rotation/Revolution axis

24. 200 Question from Rotation/Revolution Every 24 hours, Earth completes one ____________

25. 200 Answer from Rotation/Revolution rotation

26. 300 Question from Rotation/Revolution The direction in which Earth rotates and revolves

27. 300 Answer from Rotation/Revolution counterclockwise

28. 400 Question from Rotation/Revolution During which season does solar energy begin to increase?

29. 400 Answer from Rotation/Revolution spring

30. 500 Question from Rotation/Revolution The angle (in degrees) of Earth’s tilt

31. 500 Answer from Rotation/Revolution 23 ½ degrees

32. 100 Question from Water on Earth The circulation of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

33. 100 Answer from Water on Earth Water Cycle or Hydrologic Cycle

34. 200 Question from Water on Earth What are the main two processes of the Water Cycle?

35. 200 Answer from Water on Earth Evaporation & precipitation

36. 300 Question from Water on Earth About 3% of Earth’s water supply is _____.

37. 300 Answer from Water on Earth freshwater

38. 400 Question from Water on Earth TRUE or FALSE The sun’s energy drives the water cycle.

39. 400 Answer from Water on Earth TRUE

40. 500 Question from Water on Earth The term used to describe water falling back to Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow

41. 500 Answer from Water on Earth precipitation

42. 100 Question from The Land The theory that suggests the continents were once part of one supercontinent

43. 100 Answer from The Land Continental drift

44. 200 Question from The Land The study of moving pieces of crust

45. 200 Answer from The Land Plate tectonics

46. 300 Question from The Land Shapes, such as peninsulas, on the planet’s surface

47. 300 Answer from The Land landforms

48. 400 Question from The Land The theorist that developed the theory of continental drift

49. 400 Answer from The Land Alfred Wegener

50. 500 Question from The Land A region around the Pacific plate that is home to most of the world’s earthquakes and volcanoes