Continents
A continent that is entirely north of the Equator
What is Europe
The movement of water from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again.
What is the Water Cycle?
Refers to a specific place on planet earth
What is exact location?
It removes material from mountains, changing their shapes
What is erosion?
Name examples of information provided on a physical map
What are natural features such as mountains, rivers, lakes and oceans
List the continent that we live on
North America
A region made up of similar communities of plants and animals.
What are Biomes?
An area that is defined by everything in it.
Place
A process involving huge blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle . . .
What is plate tectonics?
The difference between tropical and temperate climates depends on this. . .
What is the position of the sun?
Continents located mostly north of the equator
What is North America, Europe and Asia?
Winds, air pressure, evaporation and angle of the sun determines this
What is the daily weather of a place?
Provide an example of Human-Environment Interaction
farming, buildings, irrigation, pollution, roads, etc.
A period in which daylight hours are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other hemisphere.
What is solstice?
This ecosystem usually supports thick forests of deciduous trees?
What is a temperate forest?
A continent with no permanent human life
Antartica
This is an intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics.
What is a Tropical Cyclone?
Human activity that has changed land use and led to the growth of large cities in many countries...
What is industrialization?
When two plates push against each other, the pressure makes the crust bend to form these landforms.
What are mountains?
These winds most frequently blow across a region.
What are prevailing winds?
A continent that has the largest landmass.
What is Asia?
These are low latitudes, areas that are located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What are the Tropics?
Define Movement
The way people, ideas, and products move from one area to another.
The thing that gives you information about things and symbols used in the map
Legend
Temperatures are higher in these areas. . .
What are areas with high altitudes (the height above sea levels).