This LandForm is a large area of gently rolling land.
What is a plain?
100
the Area Located above the Arctic Circle and Below the Antarctic Circle to the North and South Poles.
What are the High Latitudes
100
This Landmass existed 200 million years ago and began to drift apart scientists theorize.
What is Pangaea?
100
Process that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces
What is Weathering
100
Regions located in the low lattitudes that has very good growing conditions with lots of vegetation-thousands of different plants grow in this region
What is the Tropical Climate Zone?
200
a Large land form of mostly flat land that rises above the land around it. At least one side is steep.
What is a plateau
200
This area has four distinct seasons and is located between the polar regions and the tropical zones
What are the Middle Latitudes?
200
This theory states that the outer skin of the earth, called crust is broken into huge shifting parts
What is Plate Tectonics?
200
The day-to-day changes in the air in the form of Precipitation and temperature
What is Weather?
200
This climate changes with elevation. As you get higher the vegetation becomes less and less.
What is a Vertical Climate.
300
Rises more than 2000 ft. They are wide at the bottom and rise steeply to a point
What is a mountain?
300
The Sun Shines Directly above this Line of Latitude on December 21st or 22nd.
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
300
Plates 'float' on this layer of soft rock
What is Magma?
300
Hot air rises and circulates toward regions where the air is not hot. Cold air sinks and moves toward regions where the air is warmer.
What is a cause of wind?
300
Only low grasses, mosses and lichens and a few flowering plants grow in this region
What is the Polar Climate?
400
The Sun shines directly on this line of Latitude on the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes
What is the Equator?
400
Plates push against one another forcing one plate under the other. Tremendous heat and pressure builds up. Molten rock races upward exploding onto the surface
What is a volcanoe?
400
Living in coastal regions affects the areas climate making the area warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer
What is a mild coastal climate?
400
In areas where winters are colder, coniferous forests are found. Coniferous trees have needles not leaves and have cones to produce seeds.
What is the Continental Climate?
500
Different shapes or types of land that make continents unique
What are Landforms?
500
The day in the Southern Hemisphere when the sun is shining directly over the tropic of Cancer
What is the Winter Solstice?
500
The area that circles the pacific ocean where about 90% of all volcanic activity takes place.
What is the 'Ring of Fire'?
500
These storms develop over the pacific ocean and often hit the coastal regions in Eastern Asia
What is typhoon?
500
There are 3 types of this climate Mediterranean, Marine West Coast, and Humid Subtropical