Landforms
Climate
Seasons
Plate Techtonics
Weather
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How are volcanoes formed?
Two plates push against one another and force the land to rise.
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What is the climate around the equator?
Warm and wet
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What causes seasons?
The revolution of the earth around the sun
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How do Plate Tectonics cause earthquakes?
Plates rub against one another.
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What are Monsoons?
Monsoons are wind patterns in South and Southeast Asia
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What is the definition of a cliff?
A steep, almost vertical edge of a hill, mountain, or plain
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What is the definition of climate?
The condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time
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Fall and Spring are in what phase?
Equinox
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The fact that the plates of the earth move is called...?
Plate Tectonics
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What two types of Monsoons are there?
Summer and Winter Monsoons
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What is the difference of a contract waterfall and the Niagara falls?
A contract waterfall is a waterfall that falls in steps, and Niagara Falls falls straight down
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What are three characteristics of climate?
Temperature Precipitation Seasons
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What is a common misconception about why we have seasons?
The sun is closer during summer and farther during winter
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What are some things that can be caused by Plate Tectonics?
Volcanos, earthquakes, valleys, and most other landforms
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What usually happens to the storm once a tropical storm hits land?
It loses "power" (Energy)
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A glacier, over time, can create what narrow landforms?
A valley
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What does how the proximity to water have to do with climate?
Ocean winds bring cool and/or warm air that heats or cools the climate.
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If it is winter in the Northern hemisphere, then what is it in the Southern?
Summer
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What is a continental rift and how do Plate Tectonics cause it?
The plates in the earth move away from one another, and lava (a little over time) Squeezes out and forms a little more land each year.
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Where are tornadoes most commonly found?
North America
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The worlds tallest mountain is...?
Mount Everest
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Forests near the equator have what type of leaves on the trees?
Broadleaf
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If it is summer in the Norther Hemisphere, then what is it like in the North Pole?
It is day constantly
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Plate Tectonics and what two other things help change the earths surface?
Weathering and Erosion
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Droughts in Africa have caused the people there to do what?
Migrate in search of food and water
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