What is an interdependent community of plants and animals?
What is ecosystem
100
This warming of the waters off the west coast of South America which occurs every 2-7 years is called?
What is El Nino
100
How many general climate regions are there?
What is 5
100
How many general climate regions are there?
What is 5
100
What are the 2 types of trees
What is deciduous and coniferous
200
What happens twice a year when all the days and nights all over the world are equal?
What is equinox
200
What is the transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward motions of the air.
What is convection
200
What are the 3 zones of latitude?
What is low (tropical), middle (temperate), high (polar)
200
What climate region is West Virginia located in?
What is mid-latitude
200
How many biomes are there?
What is 4
300
The land that gets little rain from descending dry air on the sides of mountains is called
What is rain shadow
300
Geographers classify precipitation as what 3 things?
What is convectional, frontal, orographic
300
=Earth is tilted at what degree angle?
What is 23.5
300
What sub category is West Virginia located in?
What is humid continnental
300
What are the biomes divided into?
What is forest, grassland, desert, tundra
400
What occurs when the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn mark the points farthest north and south so that the sun’s rays shine directly overhead at noon?
What is solstice
400
Ocean and wind currents affect what 2 things?
What is Temperature and precipitation
400
Climate (does/does not) change frequently
What is "does not"
400
True/False
Some regions only experience 2 seasons
What is true
400
What determines the type of vegetation (plants) that can be grown in a region?
What is Depth, texture, humus content
500
What is the layer of gases released by the burning of coal and petroleum that traps some solar energy, which causes higher temperatures?
What is the greenhouse effect
500
What are the factors that can cause weather?
What is water vapor, cloud cover, elevation, landforms, air movement
500
What are 4 major factors that influence climate?
What is wind/ocean currents, latitude, elevation, topography
500
Name the 5 general climate regions
What is tropical, dry, mid-latitude, high-latitude, highland
500
In the tropical grassland region the flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains are called