Section 1
Slow moving pieces of the Earth's crust are called what?
plates
True of False, all deserts are hot?
FALSE
True or False, all plates are the same size, shape, and move at the same speed?
FALSE
True or False, Trading makes both sides better?
True
(blank) are materials found in nature and can be used by humans. What is blank?
natural resources
Millions of years ago, the continets were all together and formed a supercontinent called what?
Pangea
How many climate zones did we talk about in class?
12
List the names of the 3 plate boundary movements
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What do countries do when they don't have all the natural resources they need?
Define renewable vs nonrenewable
renewable resources that you can use over and over again without it running out.
Nonrewable resources are resources that can not replace themselves naturally. One you use it, you lose it.
List the 4 layers of the Earth
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
an area that recieves less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.
Describe the plate boundary movements for the following:
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Convergent: collide together
Divergent: pull apart
Transform: slide past
goods coming into my country are considered what?
goods leaving my country to be sent somewhere else are considered what?
imports
exports
Blank are a nonrenewable resource that are formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals. What is blank?
Fossil Fuels
The idea that the contients have slowly moved away from each other over time, is called what?
The Theory of Continetal Drift
What is the defintion of climate?
a region's average weather conditions over a long period of time
(blank) is a break in the Earth's crust where movement occurs.
Hint (this is where Earthquakes occur)
faults
1) My business creates and sells footballs, in this scenario I can be considered a what?
2) I went to the mall and bought a new football, in this scenario I can be considerd a what?
1) Producer
2) Consumer
List the 4 examples of renewable resources we talked about in class.
Wind,
Solar,
Hydroelectricty
Geothermal
Who came up with the Theory of Continetal Drift?
Alfred Wegner
Define both weathering and erosion
Weathering: the process by rocks break down into smaller rocks.
Erosion: the movement of sediment from one landscape to another
What is the process called when an ocean plates goes underneath a continental plate?
subduction
Blank is when a company produces and sells unique item with no other competition. This company then controls the market for that item.
What is blank
Monoply