Vocabulary
Landforms
Tectonic Plates
Population Pyramids
Other Things
100
What is it called when you leave your country to move?
Emigration
100
This landform rises tall up from the Earth, often formed from uplift.
Mountain
100
Which plate boundary has tectonic plates moving towards each other?
Converging
100
What two colors are on a population pyramid?
Red (or sometimes pink) and Blue
100
What is the purpose of MR HeLP?
To help you narrow down research about a country to learn about it.
200
What is a demographer
Someone who studies population
200
This is a large, flat area of land, often good for farming.
Plain
200
Diverging plates are what?
Seperating, divorcing
200
Draw a growing population pyramid.
200
Which plate boundary is MOST likely to form a volcano?
Diverging
300
_______ is how many people there are.
_______ ________ is how many people there are per square mile.
Population; Population Density
300
What is a collection of islands called?
Archipelago
300
What is Continental Uplift?
Plates converging and forming mountains.
300
Draw a shrinking population pyramid.
300
What are transform boundaries?
Tectonic plates sliding past each other.
400
A refugee could be fleeing what? (at least 2 answers needed)
War, persecution, disaster, etc...
Anything that they are fleeing for their life.
400
Michigan is an example of what kind of Landform.
"If you seek a pleasant __________, look about you"
Penninisula
400
What happens if two ocean plates rub against each other?
Tsunami!
400
Explain why there is a gap of people aged 20-30 in Ukraine's current population pyramid.
War - young adults are the people fighting in the war, so many of them are dying suddenly and quickly.
400
If the land area is 100 miles and the population is 30,000 people, what is the population density?
30,000 / 100 = 300 people per sq mile
500
The country of Chad, a poorer and newer country in Africa, is referred to as what?
Developing
500
___________ is the bowl of Earth, while ________ is the plate.
Basin; Plateau
500
What two parts of Earth are tectonic plates in?
Crust
Upper Mantle
500
What can explain this population pyramid?
Oil discoveries leads to lots of work for young immigrant men who come and work to make money and then leave after they're done working in the oil fields.
500
List all 5 factors of population
Natural Resources
Easy Access to Travel
Landforms
Nice Climate
Fertile Soil