Geography - Ch. 2 Planet Earth

What is the definition of a solar system?

• A body that orbits a larger body

• The Sun and the objects that move around it

• The path around the Sun

• An imaginary line running from the North Pole to the South Pole

What is the term for a body that orbits a larger body?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Satellite

• Rotation

What is the imaginary line running from the North Pole through the center of the planet to the South Pole called?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Equator

• Revolution

What is the process called when water changes from a gas to tiny liquid droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Revolution

What is the term for the circulation of water from surface to the atmosphere and back?

• Water cycle

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

What is the line of latitude located 66.5° north of the equator called?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Arctic Circle

• Antarctic Circle

What is the term for water that falls back to Earth in some form?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

What is the gently sloping zone of shallow ocean water surrounding each continent called?

• Peninsula

• Continental shelf

• Isthmus

• Plateau

What are shapes on Earth's surface known as?

• Landforms

• Crust

• Core

• Magma

Which term describes a nearly flat area on Earth's surface?

• Plateau

• Plain

• Isthmus

• Delta