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| one of seven large landmasses on earths surface |
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| a large rigid section of the earths crust the is in constent motion |
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| a sudden movement of the earths crust followed by a seiries of shocks |
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| a zone of volcanos around the pacific ocean |
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| an opening in the earths crust from wich molten rock, ash, and hot gases flow or are thrown out |
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| the gradualphysical and chemical breakdown of rocks on earths surface |
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| the wearing away and movement of weathered matirials by water wind or ice |
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| peises of rock in the form of sand,stone or silt deposited by water wind or ice |
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| a large, slow moving mass of ice |
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| the area drained by a major river |
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| water found benith the earths surface |
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| the circulation of water between the earth, the oceans, and the atmosphere |
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| a feature on the earths surface formed by phisical force |
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| a broad,flat area of land higher than the surounding land |
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| the differance in the elevation of a land form from its lowest point to its highest |
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| the submerged land at the edge of a continent |
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| the layer of gasses that suround earth |
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| the time during the year when the sun reaches the furthest northern or southern part of the sky |
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| one of the two times a year when the suns rays are over the equator and days and night around the world are equil in length |
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| the condition of the earths atmosphere at a given time and place |
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| the typical weather conditions of a reigon over a long period of time |
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| falling water droplets in the form or rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
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| an area that has simular plants |
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| a vegitation region with a mix of grassland and scaterd trees |
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| a rigon with plants specialy adapted to dry conditions |
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| an increese in the avrage temprature of earths atmosphere |
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| any gas in the atmospher that contributes to the greenhouse effect |
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| fules such as coal oils and natural gasses |
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| the prosses in wich farm land becomes less productuv because the land is degraded |
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| useing natural recorces in a way they exist for fuuture generations |
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| a gas conposed of carbon and oxygen |
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| substances discharged into the air |
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