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I.
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Chapter 2 Physical Geography: A Living Planet
The Earth Inside and Out
What are continents?
What layers are found in the earth's interior?
What is the continental drift theory?
A. The Solar System
What is the Solar System? Describe it.
The Structure of the Earth
1. INSIDE THE EARTH
Where is Magma found?
Lava is form of what?
What makes up the interior of the earth?
2. ON AND ABOVE THE EARTH
What makes up the biosphere?
3. CONTINENTAL DRIFT
How can the presence of seven continents on the earth’s surface are explained?
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What does continental drift means?
How do the earth's spheres influence one another? Think about: the function of the atmosphere and the
makeup of the biosphere.
II. Bodies of Water and Landforms
How does water reach a drainage basin?
What is topography?
A. Bodies of Water
1. OCEANS AND SEAS
2. OCEAN MOTION
3. HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
How does the hydrologic cycle circulate water?
How does the ocean water circulate?
What is the purpose of the hydrologic cycle?
4. LAKES, RIVERS, AND STREAMS
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5. GROUND WATER
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B. Landforms
How are relief and topography related?
How are islands formed?
1. OCEANIC LANDFORMS
How is the floor of the ocean similar to land above sea level? Think about: Mountain chains and other
landforms.
2. CONTINENTAL LANDROMS
What is an example of a landform?
What does relief tell you about a landform?
III. Internal Forces Shaping the Earth
Why do volcanoes and earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire? Think about: Tectonic plate movement and
movement of magma.
What are three types of plate boundaries?
How are the Richter scale and a seismograph used?
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What is the Ring of Fire?
A. Plate Tectonics
How does the movement of tectonic plates shape the earth's surface? How are continents and tectonic plates
related?
1. PLATE MOVEMENTS
2. FOLDS AND FAULTS
B. Earthquakes
How do earthquakes cause damage?
What causes earthquakes?
1. EARTHQUAKE LOCATIONS
2. EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE
3. TSUNAMI
C. Volcanoes
When does a volcano occur?
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How are magma and volcanoes related?
1. VOLCANIC ACTION
2. RING OF FIRE
IV. External Forces Shaping the Earth
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
What are three transporting agents of erosion?
Why are there many different types of soil?
A. Weathering
How does weathering vary according to climate?
What is the difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?
What are the two types of weathering? Explain.
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B. Erosion
In what ways does erosion affect the lives of humans?
Think about, water, wind, glacial action, and the results of erosion?
What must be present for erosion to occur?
1. WATER EROSION
What are three types of eroding action by water?
2. WIND EROSION
How do the winds and the ocean distribute heat on the earth's surface?
3. GLACIAL EROSION
C. Building Soil
What are the five factors affecting soil composition?
1. SOIL FACTORS
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d.
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