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32 Cards in this Set
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List four elements that cause regional climate patterns. |
Latitude, Wind currents, proximity to water, elevation |
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Most places near the ____ have warm climates. |
equator |
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Areas with higher elevation in a region are usually |
colder/cooler |
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What is savanna vegetation? |
Topical grasslands |
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What are the three characteristics of climate? |
Temperature, Seasons, precipitation |
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What area of the world do monsoons usually occur in? |
Southeast Asia |
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What area of the world do typhoons usually occur in? |
Southeast Asia |
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List the climates that usually occur in the middle latitudes. |
Mediterranean, humid subtropical, humid continental, marine west coast. |
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List the climates that usually occur in the high latitudes. |
Subartic, tundra, ice cap |
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List the climates that usually occur in the low latitudes. |
tropical wet, tropical wet and dry |
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What climate zone receives the least amount of precipitation? |
Arid of desert |
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What latitude zone are rain forests found in? |
Low latitudes |
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What latitude zone is taiga found in? |
High latitudes |
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What is tundra? |
Cold grasslands or flat trees less plain |
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What is the climate zone that has a rainy seasons in summer and a dry season in winter called? |
Tropical Wet and dry |
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What is a monsoon and how does it help people? |
And air mass that carries either moist or dry air and it provides water for irrigation |
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A _____ is a twisting funnel shaped cloud that forms over land. |
tornado |
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What is the definition of climate? |
Condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time. |
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What is a polder? |
land reclaimed from the sea |
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What is the definition of weather? |
Condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time |
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List three causes of deforestation. |
Cleared for human settlement, slash and burn farming, limber industry |
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Why is the Aral Sea Shrinking? |
Irrigation |
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What is desertification? |
Expansion of desert or arid places |
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Why do farmers practice terraced farming? |
To farm in mountinous areas |
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How do volcanoes benefit humans? |
Fertile farming land from volcaninc ash |
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List the forces that cause erosion. |
Wind, water, Ice, gravity |
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What happened at Chernobyl? |
Nuclear power plant exploded |
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List three ecological processes that have shaped the earth's surface. |
Volcanoes, plate tectonics, erosion, weathering |
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List three ways humans influence their environment. |
Agriculture energy usage transportation. |
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List three forms of pollution. |
Water, air, Nuclear |
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The Aswan High Dam is on the _____ river? |
Nile |
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List three examples of water diversion |
reservoirs, canals, dams |
