7th - Module 2 Vocabulary Words

What is energy from the sun?

• rotation

• tropics

• revolution

• Solar energy

What is the term for one complete spin of Earth on its axis?

• rotation

• revolution

• tropics

• solar energy

What is the term for Earth making one complete trip around the Sun?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Solar energy

• Tropics

What is the term for regions close to the equator that are mostly warm?

• solar energy

• rotation

• revolution

• tropics

What is the term for water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail?

• tropics

• precipitation

• solar energy

• groundwater

What is the term for shapes on the planet's surface, such as hills or mountains?

• tropics

• precipitation

• continents

• landforms

Which of the following is the short-term changes in the air for a given place and time?

• weather

• landforms

• climate

• solar energy

Which of the following is a region's average weather conditions over a long period?

• landform

• weather

• rotation

• climate

Which of the following are seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air?

• climate

• weather

• monsoons

• savanna

Which of the following is the term meaning the spread of desert-like conditions?

• solar energy

• climate

• weather

• desertification