A long high wave caused by an undersea earthquake.
What is tsunami.
100
Name the three different landform patterns.
What is plains and lowlands, shields, and fold mountains.
100
The heating of the earth's surface caused by gases creating a "roof" over the lower atmosphere.
What is greenhouse effect.
100
Farming that produces a large surplus of one or two items in order to sell for a profit.
What is commercial agriculture.
100
These types of currents flow toward the equator.
What is cold currents.
200
Name four different landform processes.
What is tsunami, earthquake, volcano, landslide.
200
Solidified magma from inside the earth.
What is igneous rock.
200
Energy from the sun.
What is solar radiation.
200
Commercial farming focused on one type of product.
What is specialized agriculture.
200
Australians are apart of what hemisphere?
What is the southern hemisphere.
300
A volcano has erupted in small city outside of Japan. What are the possible effects of this landform pattern?
What is injury, death, increase in disease and illness, damage and destroyed homes and road ways, loss of communication, damage to animal habitats etc.
300
Thick beds of sediment that have slowly solidified into rock.
What is sedimentary rock.
300
Name three ways that you can reduce the effects of global warming.
What is turning off lights, carpooling, walking/biking to school and work, reduce, reuse, recycle, buying energy efficient light bulbs/windows, and green roofs.
300
Farms that produce only enough for the farm family.
What is subsistence agriculture.
300
What are tropical storms describe as?
What is high wind and heavy rain storms.
400
Name the three zones of the earth.
What is core, mantle, and crust.
400
What type of rock is found in fold mountain regions?
What is metamorphic and sedimentary rock.
400
What types of storms are increasing due to global warming?
What is tropical storms and tornadoes.
400
A large group of labourers hand picking cotton is an example of what type of farming?
What is intensive farming.
400
Name two benefits of river systems.
What is convenient means of transportation, provides food and income for fisherman, etc.
500
Why do landform processes occur?
What is moving plate tectonics that are ripped apart, hauled together, or dragged alongside one another.
500
What type of rock is found in plains and lowland regions?
What is sedimentary rock.
500
What are some effects of global warming?
What is melting glaciers, rising sea levels, increase in unpredictable weather, and rapid changes in wildlife habitats.
500
Large tractors spreading manure across corn fields is an example of what type of farming?