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20 Cards in this Set
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What are mountains? |
A large landform that is high and steep generally higher than 600m |
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What are the 6 types of mountains/mountain bodies |
Peak Range Massif Seamount Nunatak Archipelago |
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What is a peak? |
An individual mountain |
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What is a range? |
A group of mountains |
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what is a massif |
a distinct body of mountains in a range |
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What is a seamount? |
An underwater mountain that has a peak that doesn't reach the ssurface of the water |
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What is a nunatak? |
An exposed element of a mountain on land in icefields and glaciers |
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What is an archipelago? |
A group of islands |
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When wind plows on the windward side of a mountain what happens to the air? |
Rise, expand, cool, condense |
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What happens to the air on the leeward side of the mountain? |
It sinks, compresses, warms, evaporates |
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what is aspect? |
The direction a slope faces Affects temperature and moisture |
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What is relief rain? |
Moist air is forced up and causes heavy precipitation on wind ward side |
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What is rain shadow |
an area with little rain because it is sheltered from wind; leeward side Causes dry deserts |
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What is the leeward side of a mountain? |
The side that wind doesn't blow on. It is warmer and drier |
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What is lapse rate? |
The rate at which the temperature changes with altitude |
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What is a temerature inversion? |
When cold air sinks and hot air rises making it warm in the mountains and cold down low |
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Who are the sherpas? |
They are mountain dwellers also known as Easterners |
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Where do the sherpa people live? |
In the Khumbu Region in Nepal |
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What are the three settlements the sherpas live in? |
Main village |
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What are threats to the sherpas |
Economic Social Political Environmental Cultural Technological |
