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Chapter 2 Jeopardy
2-1: Our Planet,
Earth
2-2: Forces
Shaping Earth
2-3: Climate and
Weather
2-4: How Climate
Affects Vegetation
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A1.
Earth is located in this galaxy
The Milky Way
A2.
How many planets exist in the solar system?
What mnemonic helps you to remember the planets in order?
8 planets
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A3.
What does the Earth ORBIT around?
Describe its orbit: what is one orbit called? How long does it
take? What does that orbit create?
The Earth orbits
around the sun.
One orbit around the
sun, which is called a
revolution, takes 365 ¼
days. This creates a
year.
A4.
Describe the Earth’s ROTATION. What does it rotate
around? How long does that take? What does that
rotation create?
The Earth rotates around its axis,
an imaginary line running from the
North Pole to the South Pole.
One rotation, which takes 24
hours, creates one full day. It
creates day and night.
A5.
How does the Earth’s axis and
orbit create the seasons? Use
North America as a reference
point to explain this process.
The Earth’s axis is tilted at 23.5°. This tilt creates seasons
as the Earth orbits the Sun. Though the angle never
changes, as the Earth orbits the sun, the tilt points either
towards or away from the Sun.
When the tilt of the axis leans North America TOWARDS
the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere has summer.
When the tilt of the axis leans North America AWAY from
the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere has winter.
B1.
What is a landform?
Give an example of a type of landform ,
describe it, and give a real-world
example.
A landform is a natural
feature of the Earth’s
surface.
B2.
What is the Earth made of? Describe each
layer.
The Earth has three layers:
Crust: the outermost layer of the crust, made up
of a thin layer of rocks and minerals
Mantle: the middle layer, made up of thick, hot
molten rock
Core: the innermost layer, divided into two
pieces: the liquid metal outer core and the solid
metal inner core
B3.
Define weathering.
Name two things that can cause weathering.
Weathering is a process that breaks rocks
down into small pieces.
Weathering can be caused by water, wind, ice
or living organisms such as lichen.
B4.
What is the crust of the earth made up of?
How do the motion of these things change what the
earth looks like?
Give a SHORT TERM example and a LONG TERM
example.
The crust of the Earth is made of tectonic plates, large
individual blocks of crust that float on the mantle.
When these plates move and collide, they can create
short-term disasters like earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions.
In the long term, their movement is known as
continental drift, the motion of continents and land
masses over time.
B5.
What is erosion?
What landform,
pictured to the right,
was created through
erosion? Describe
its creation.
Erosion is the removal of small pieces of rock from landforms,
which changes the shape of landforms over the course of
hundreds of years.
The Grand Canyon was created by erosion – as the Colorado
River flowed, over time it wore away the stone and the river
bottom, creating the canyon.
C1.
Define weather.
Define climate.
What is NJ’s weather? What is NJ’s climate?
Weather is the conditions of the air and sky on any
given day.
Climate is the aver weather conditions in a place
over the course of many years.
NJ’s weather today is warm, humid and cloudy.
NJ’s climate is temperate.
C2.
What two things measure weather?
Define them.
Temperature – how hot or cold the air is –
and precipitation – water that comes to the
ground as rain, sleet, snow or hail – are used
to measure weather.
C3.
What three things influence a location’s climate?
Latitude, elevation and ocean currents
C4.
What is elevation?
How does elevation impact climate?
Elevation is a region’s height about sea level.
The air pressure is much lower at higher elevations. Air with
less pressure is colder than pressurized air. This makes
places with higher elevations colder, even when they’re at
the low latitudes.
C5.
How does latitude influence climate?
Label the globe with the correct climate zone for
each latitude, and describe each climate zone.
D1.
How many different climate types are there?
Name them.
There are FIVE broad
climate types: tropical,
dry, temperate marine,
temperate continental,
and polar.
D2.
Describe a vegetation region that might exist
in a DRY climate. Name an animal that might
live there.
Desert: hot and dry, with almost no rain. Lizards might
live there.
Desert scrub: very hot and dry, but with more rain than
the desert. Camels might live there.
D3.
Name a vegetation region that might exist
in a TROPICAL climate. Name an animal
that might live there.
Tropical rain forest: Lots of sunshine, heat and rain. A
toucan might live there.
Tropical savanna: Tropical heat, but with less rain
and winter dry seasons. A lion might live there.
D4.
Name a vegetation region that might exist in a
TEMPERATE climate. Name an animal that might live
there.
Mediterranean: winter rains and warm, dry
summers. Rabbits might live here.
Temperate grassland: hot summers, cool
dry winters. Buffalo might live here.
Deciduous or coniferous forests:
Temperate weather, with four seasons. A
deer might live here.
D5.
Name a vegetation region that might exist in a
POLAR climate. Name an animal that might live
there.
Tundra: cold climate, with short, cool
summers. A fox might live here.
Ice caps: cold all year round, with
thick caps of ice covering the land all
the time. Polar bears might live hear.
E1.
What time zone is New Jersey in?
The Eastern Time Zone
E2 What supercontinent once existed because of
continental drift?
Pangaea
E3.
What are time zones? Define what they are, and
explain why they exist.
Time zones are standardized
lines which divide up the Earth
into even segments and
regulate daylight.
They exist so so that no matter
where you live, your noon is
the middle of the day when the
sun is highest, while midnight
is the middle of the night.
E4.
Where are the low latitudes? Where are the high
latitudes?
The low latitudes have low numbers –
they are located near Equator at 0°
latitude.
The high latitudes have high numbersthey are located near the North and
South Poles.
E5.
Why do different vegetation regions exist in
different climates?
Different vegetation regions exist in
different climates because different
plants and animals require different
amounts of water and sunlight to
survive.