Vocabulary Test Ch. 2

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Use the vocabulary for Ch. 2 to answer the following questions.

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1.

_____________________ is a gas composed of carbon and oxygen.
2.

Fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas are known as _______________________.
3.

______________________ means using natural resources in a way that they will exist for future generations.
4.

______________________ are substances that are discharged into the air.
5.

The process by which farmland becomes less productive because the land is degraded is called __________________________.
6.

An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere is called ________________________.
7.

The time during the year when the sun reaches the furtherest northern or southern point in the sky is called the ______________________.
8.

A ___________________ has plants that are specially adapted to dry conditions.
9.

Rain, snow, sleet or hail are known as ________________________.
10.

A _______________________ is a region where plants are usually a mix of grasslands and scattered trees.
11.

Typical weather conditions of a region over a long period of time is called _________________.
12.

An ____________________ is when the days and nights are of equal lengths and the sun is directly over the equator.
13.

The _____________________ is the layer of gasses that surround the earth.
14.

Water found beneath the earth's surface is called _______________________.
15.

The area drained by a major river is called a ______________________.
16.

A feature on the earth's surface formed by a physical force is known as a ___________________.
17.

A _____________________ is a broad, flat area of land higher than the surrounding land.
18.

The circulation of water between the Earth, oceans, and atmosphere is called the _______________________.
19.

A ______________________ is an opening in the Earth's crust from which magma, ash, and hot gasses flow.
20.

_________________ is molten rock.
21.

Pieces of rock in the form of sand, silt, and stone deposited by erosion are ____________________.
22.

One of seven large landmasses on the Earth's surface is called a ______________________.
23.

A zone of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean is known as the _______________________.
24.

A __________________________ is a large, rigid section of the earth's crust that is in constant motion.

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