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How much does temperature drop for every 1000m increase in altitude? |
Temperature drops approximately six degrees for every 1000m increase in altitude. |
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What is moist air known as? |
Orographic precipitation. |
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What is agriculture? |
The planned plantingand harvesting of crops or raising of animals for food or clothing. |
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When did the Industrial Revolution start? |
Late 1700s. |
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What is the Industrial Revolution? |
beginning of tools and machineswhich made the job of the farmer much easier. It also brought about changes in transportation whichallowed agricultural products to move from country to the city easily. |
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When did the Green revolution start? |
1960s |
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What is the green revolution? |
attempt to increase the amount of food produced indeveloping countries. The UN developed and shared ideas about growing food and improved fertilizers.We are still working on how to get the food to people who need it. Poverty, political unrest, poortransportation and wars are some of the present barriers. |
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What are the three types of agriculture? |
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, SPECIALIZED AGRICULTURE. |
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How tall does a mountain have to be to be a mountain? |
600 meters. |
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What is a plateau? |
A plateau is a flat topped highland with steep sides. Since it looks like a table, it is also called atableland. They are basically areas of high flat land. |
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How are V-shaped valleys formed? |
When rivers flow down the mountainsides and hillsides, it wears off the rocks and soil. Over a periodof time, the water carves out v- shaped grooves. These grooves get deeper and wider, finally forminglow land areas called valleys. |
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How are U-shaped valleys formed? |
Glaciers |
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How are mountains formed? |
Mountains could be formed when molten rocks from deep within the earth rise to the surface, pouringout in the form of lava from volcanoes. Sometimes the tectonic plates on the earth’s crust move towards each other, the sediments deepbelow the earth’s surface are squeezed up to form mountain ranges. |
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What do plants need to survive? |
light, moisture, heat and nutrients. |
