RV6-Templates/vocabulary for describing the earth
Spring Quarter 2016
Instructor: Richard Alishio
Work alone to complete the following sentences. Then, compare with your partner.
1. The earth __________________ around the sun.
2. The earth _______________ on its _____________, and goes around once in
_____________ hours.
3. The _____________________ of the sun is 100 times bigger than the earth.
4. The __________________________ of the earth is 12,756 kilometers.
5. There are about 200 billion _____________________ in our galaxy.
6. The imaginary line going through the center of the earth is its ______________.
7. The seasons occur because ________________________________. (spin, axis, orbit)
8. The _____________________ of the earth gets about the same amount of sunlight all
year.
9. Warm air from the equator (rises/sinks).
10. As warm air _________________, it creates a low __________________area.
11. The ________________________ of the earth creates the _____________________
effect, which in turn partly creates the _____________ stream and the
________________ winds.
12. The moon ____________________ around the earth and the moon’s
____________________ creates the oceans’ __________________.
13. The earth’s _______________________ is composed mostly of nitrogen; only 21% of it
is ______________________.
14. Plants release ________________________ when they change water and carbon into
__________________. This process is called _________________________.
15. Humans breath in ________________________ and breath out
______________________________.
16. Carbon dioxide is a ____________________________ gas.
17. The sun ___________________ the oceans, and the water ____________________ and
rises into the air.
18. Water _______________________ cools and condenses to form
_______________________.
19. Water that falls from the clouds is called ___________________. If it is frozen it is called
_______________________.
20. Water from precipitation fills the rivers, lakes, and ground wells, then
___________________ back into the ocean. This is called the
_________________________ cycle.
21. Respiration in breathing things is similar to ______________________ in plants.