Biomes
Climate
Landforms
Vocab
100
This is the biome that is very dry and hot.
What is desert?
100
Why is Mount Kilamanjaro covered in snow but is on the equator?
It has a high elevation.
100
How is a mountain formed?
converging plates
100
This is when a family only produces food, clothing, and shelter for themselves.
What is subsistence agriculture?
200
This is the biome that gets a lot of rain and is in the Tropical region.
What is rainforest?
200
What climate region is the coldest: tropical, moderate, or polar?
Polar.
200
How is a rift valley formed?
Diverging plates
200
This is a Push Factor.
What is a factor that causes people to leave a region?
300
This the biome that is dry, windy, and very cold.
What is a tundra?
300
What climate region is the hottest: tropical, moderate, or polar?
Tropical.
300
What is the area of high volcanic activity around the Pacific plate called?
Ring of Fire
300
This is when a country has no outlet to the sea.
What is landlocked?
400
This is the biome that is mostly made of swamps, bogs, and still water.
What are the wetlands?
400
The closer a place is to water, the more __________ the temperature will be.
moderate
400
How is a canyon formed?
A river erodes rocks.
400
This is the average number of people in a specific area.
What is population?
500
This is the biome that is mostly covered in coniferous trees, and covers most of Canada and Russia.
What is a Taiga?
500
How can a mountain change climate?
The higher elevation has less atmosphere and traps less heat.
500
What is the concept that a mountain range blocks rain called? It also causes deserts to form.
The Orographic Affect
500
This is the value of only goods and services produces within a country in a period of time.
What is Gross Domestic Product?
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