Physical Geography Vocab Practice

a seasonal wind

• monsoon

• isthmus

• typhoon

• tundra

overall weather in an area for a long period of time

• atmosphere

• tundra

• climate

• precipitation

an extremely cold, dry biome

• monsoon

• tundra

• atmosphere

• taiga

one of the 16 pieces of Earth's crust

• plate boundary

• tectonic plate

• mountain system

• continental shelf

process by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away

• climate

• monsoon

• precipitation

• erosion

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

• climate

• erosion

• precipitation

• condensation

A mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon.

• precipitation

• atmosphere

• climate

• lithosphere

A circle of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.

• precipitation

• Ring of Fire

• erosion

• Great Artesian Basin

a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level

• climate

• tundra

• plateau

• isthmus

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas

• isthmus

• peninsula

• plateau

• archipelago