Glencoe World Geography Ch 3

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The name given to the regular movement of water

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Water cycle

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Changing of liquid into gas or water vapor

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Evaporation

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Changing of water vapor into liquid

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Condensation

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4 Stages of the Water Cycle

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Condensation
Precipitation
Surface Runoff
Evaporation

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Rain, sleet, snow

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Precipitation

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Bodies of Salt Water

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Oceans
Seas, Gulfs, Bays

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Process of changing salt water to drinking water

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desalination

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Fresh water that lies beneath the earth's surface

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Groundwater

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An underground porous rock layer saturated with water in the form of streams

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Aquifer

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Water makes up ____ % of the earth's surface

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70%

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What kind of water is necessary to sustain human life?

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Fresh water

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What process keeps the amount of Earth's water constant?

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The Water Cycle

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The condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time

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Weather

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The weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time

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Climate

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An imaginary line running from pole to pole through the CENTER of the earth

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Axis

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The angle of tilt of the earth's axis affects the earth's what?

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Temperature

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Trip around the sun

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Revolution

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How many days does it take for the earth to complete 1 revolution?

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365 1/4

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The day when daylight and nighttime hours are equal - when the sun's rays fall directly on the Equator

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Equinox

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On what calendar day is the Equinox? What season in the Northern Hemisphere begins on this day?

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Equinox

Spring

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The northernmost point on the earth to receive the direct rays of the sun - latitude 23 1/2 degrees N.

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Tropic of Cancer

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The day the sun directly hits the Tropic of Cancer, June 21, is called what? What season begins on that day in the N Hemisphere?

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Summer Solstice

Summer

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The southernmost point on the earth to receive the direct rays of the sun - latitude 23 1/2 degrees S.

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Tropic of Capricorn

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The day the sun directly hits the Tropic of Capricorn, December 22, is called what? What season begins on that day in the N Hemisphere?

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Winter Solstice

Winter

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Between March 20 and Sept 23 (spring & summer), the sun never sets on which pole?

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North

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The Earth's atmosphere traps heat from the sun to warm the earth. This is called the what?

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Greenhouse Effect

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General rise in global temperatures which some (but not all) scientists blame on human activities and a rise in CO2 in the atmosphere

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Global Warming

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The measure of how hot or cold a place is

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temperature

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The zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

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Low Latitudes

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The earth's polar areas are called the ______ Latitudes

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High Latitudes

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The areas between the Low Latitudes and the High Latitudes

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Mid Latitudes

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Area where the most variable weather is found - Low, Mid, or High Latitudes?

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Mid Latitudes

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66 degrees Latitude N and 66 degrees Latitude S define the what?

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Arctic and Antarctic Circles

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Climate is influenced by:
a) Latitude
b) Longitude
c) Elevation
d) Time of Year
e) Wind and ocean currents
f) Landforms

(Check all that apply)

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All but b

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Does the earth's atmosphere gets thinner or thicker as elevation increases?

What effect does this have on temperature? Why?

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The air gets thinner.

Temperatures decrease, because thinner air retains less heat.

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Movement of air across the surface of the earth, caused by the sun heating up the earth's atmosphere and surface unevenly

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Wind

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Global winds that blow in a fairly constant pattern - determined by latitude and affected by the earth's movement

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Prevailing winds

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The name which describes how the earth's winds blow clockwise in the N Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the S Hemisphere

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Coriolis Effect

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Prevailing winds of the low latitudes

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Trade winds

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Prevailing winds of the mid latitudes

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Westerlies

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Prevailing winds of the high latitudes

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Polar easterlies

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A narrow, windless band at the Equator is called what?

You have this same windless band just north of the Tropic of Cancer and just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Here it is called what? Why?

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the Doldrums

the Horse latitudes - because horses were thrown overboard to lighten the load so the ships could continue sailing

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Cold and warm streams of water moving through the oceans

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currents

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Periodic change in the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the Mid-Pacific region.

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El Nino

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The side of the mountain range facing the wind

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Windward side

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The side of the mountain range NOT facing the wind

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Leeward side

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Which landform has more stable temperatures, water or land?

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Water

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Warm ocean air blows onto land and meets a mountain range. Describe what happens to the air temperatures.

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The air is pushed up the mountain
The rising air cools, producing precipitation on the windward side
As the precipitation is released, the air becomes dryer on the leeward side
The descending air becomes warmer
Dry areas, and even deserts, develop on the leeward side of the mountains

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The dry air on the leeward side of a mountain range produces an effect called what?

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Rain shadow

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Who has the best mom in the world?

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You do!

Hahahahahaha!!!

:-)

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The plant life that grows in an area where the natural environment is unchanged by human activity

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natural vegetation

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Another name for the Low Latitudes

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The Tropics

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The two most widespread kinds of tropical climate regions

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Tropical Rainforest
Tropical Savanna

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Tropical rainforest climate characteristics

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warm, humid air
high yearly rainfall
lush vegetation
abundant wildlife

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Tropical savanna climate characteristics

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dry winters
wet summers
high temperatures year-round
sparse vegetation

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Two types of dry climates

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Desert
Steppe

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Dry areas with sparse plant life

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Deserts

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In some desert areas, underwater springs may support an area of lush vegetation called a(n) _______?

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Oasis

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Dry, mostly treeless grasslands which often border deserts

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Steppes

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The 4 temperate climate regions of the mid latitudes

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Marine west coast
Mediterranean
Humid subtropical
Humid continental

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Type of tree with needles and cones, usually evergreen

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Coniferous

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Type of tree with broad leaves that loses its leaves in autumn

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Deciduous

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Thickets of woody bushes and short trees

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Chaparral

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Any coastal mid latitude area with mild, rainy winters and hot, sunny summers, such as the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, Southern California and parts of southern Australia

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Mediterranean

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Inland grasslands

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Prairies

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Permanently frozen subsoil

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Permafrost

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A proposed scientific explanation

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Hypothesis

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A visible chemical haze in the atmosphere caused by factory and automobile exhaust heated by the sun's UV rays.

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Smog

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A forest which contains both coniferous and deciduous trees

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Mixed forest

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The gas that is trapped by the greenhouse effect, which absorbs the heat reflected by the earth

Some scientists claim that a rise in this gas is one of the reasons why we have global warming

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CO2 - carbon dioxide