
6th Grade SS: Chapter 2 Vocab
Quiz by Nicole Haney
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__ is rain that contains harmful amounts of poisons due to pollution.
An __ is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas.
A __ is a large expanse of land that can be flat or have a gentle roll.
__ means to circle around something.
The __ is the process in which water is used and reused on Earth, including precipitation, collection, evaporation, and condensation.
The __ is a long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
__ is the change of liquid water to water vapor.
__ is the average weather in an area over a long period of time.
A __ is an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean.
The water contained inside Earth's crust is called __.
___ is the result of water vapor changing to liquid or solid state.
An __ is one of two days each year when the sun is directly overhead of the Equator.
A __ is a place where two tectonic plates grind against each other.
__ is the process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice.
A __ is a large, unbroken mass of land.
An __ is an event in which the ground shakes or trembles, brought about by the collision of tectonic plates.
A __ is a large body of ice that moves slowly across land.
__ is the water that falls on the ground as rain, snow, sleet, hail, or mist.
__ is a process that makes salt water safe to drink.
A __ is the part of a continent that extends into the ocean in a plateau, then drops sharply to the ocean floor.
__ are on of the 16 pieces of Earth's crust.
An __ is an imaginary line that runs through Earth's center from the North Pole to the South Pole.
A __ is a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the Earth under the ocean floor.
A __ is a flat area that rises above the surrounding land.
A __ is an area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river.
__ is the process by which Earth's surface is worn away by natural forces.
The __ is the layer of gasses surrounding Earth.
A __ is one of two days of the year when the sun reaches its northernmost of southernmost point.
A ___ is a complete trip of Earth around the sun.
A __ is a long, narrow, steep-sided cut on the ocean floor.