Physical Geography - Lesson 3

Match the following landforms

• Isthmus

• Height of land surface above the level of the Sea.

• Peninsula

• Narrow strip of land that connects 2 larger land areas.

• Elevation

• Portion of land nearly surrounded by water.

Match the following terms about the Ocean Floor and water.

• Trench

• part of a continent that extends out underneath the Ocean.

• Desalination

• Process in which water is used and reused on Earth

• Continental Shelf

• a long, narrow, steep-sided cut on the Ocean Floor.

• Water Cycle

• a process that makes salt water safe to drink.

• Groundwater

• Water contained inside the Earth's crust.

Match the correct answers to the terms on the Earth's Layers.

• Magma

• Melted rock below the Earth's surface

• Crust

• Innermost layer of the Earth.

• Core

• Melted Rock on the the Earth's Surface.

• Mantle

• Thick layer of hot, dense rock surrounding the Core.

• Lava

• Outermost Layer of the Earth

Match the following terms on the Earth's plates.

• Ring of Fire

• An extended break in a body of rock.

• Volcano

• A vent or rupture in the Earth's crust which hot steam and rock erupt.

• Tectonic Plate

• One of the large pieces of the Earth's crust.

• Fault

• a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by volcanic activity and earthquakes.

• Earthquake

• An event in which the ground shakes brought about by the movement of plates.

Match the following

• Erosion

• The process of wearing or breaking down rocks into smaller pieces

• Weathering

• A sea wave caused by an undersea earthquake

• Tsunami

• The process by which bits of rock are moved elsewhere by wind, water, or ice.

• Glacier

• A large body of Ice that moves slowly across land.

Subducted is when 2 plates strike against each other.

• True

• False

Impinging is when 2 plates strike against each other.

• True

• False

Match the following terms with the correct definitions.

• Axis

• 2 days of the year when the Sun reaches the farthest North or South.

• Revolution

• One of 2 days when the Sun is directly over the Equator

• Equinox

• An Imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth

• Solstice

• A complete trip of Earth around the Sun

Conditions in the atmosphere over a short period of time.

• Climate

• Rain Shadow

• Weather

• Acid Rain

Typical weather patterns over a long period of time.

• Climate

• Acid Rain

• Weather

• Rain Shadow