Climate Factors
Explain the difference between climate and weather.
Climate = long term
Weather = short term
What type of map shows countries, states, and cities?
Political map
This biome is characterized by its permafrost.
Tundra
What type of region has clearly defined boundaries and measurable characteristics?
Formal Region
What actor played both Barbie's Ken and a serial killer in The Nice Guys?
Ryan Gosling
What are the five major factors that influence climate?
Ocean currents
Wind currents
Elevation
Topography
Latitude
Explain the difference between a reference and a thematic map.
Thematic maps are more detailed and show a specific relationship or phenomena.
A region has extremely cold winters, short summers, low precipitation, and trees such as spruce and fir. What biome is this?
Taiga
What is the geographic term for all three types of regions?
Functional/Nodal
Formal/Uniform
Perceptual/Vernacular
What 2 NFL teams have won the most Super Bowls?
Which climate factor describes how far a location is north or south of the Equator?
Latitude
What type of map uses different colors OR symbols to show one specific type of information, such as population density?
Thematic Map
What biome is most biodiverse? Define biodiversity.
Tropical Rainforest, a large variety of plants and animals.
Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio are all part of the "Texas Triangle." What type of region is this most likely to represent, and what characteristic connects the cities?
Functional/Nodal
What artist became the youngest person to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?
Billie Eilish
Two cities are located at the same latitude, but one is much cooler. What climate factor could explain the difference and why?
Elevation, Ocean currents
A map shows countries using different shades of color based on their population density. What type of map is this, and what geographic pattern could it help a geographer identify?
Choropleth Map
Which biome has moderate temperatures, four distinct seasons, and forests that lose their leaves during part of the year?
Temperate deciduous forest
Bus routes, tv networks, and cell towers are all examples of what region?
Functional Region
what are the top 4 most populated US cities in order?
New York, LA, Chicago, Houston
Explain how latitude, elevation, proximity to water, and ocean currents can work together to influence the climate of a location.
All four factors can influence temperature and precipitation. Latitude affects the amount and angle of solar energy; higher elevation generally produces cooler temperatures; large bodies of water control temperatures; and ocean currents can transport warm or cold water, affecting nearby coastal climates.
Explain what the lines in an isoline map show.
Closer the lines are together the more variation there is in the phenomena, the farther apart the less variation.
A farmer wants to grow crops in an area with rich soil, moderate rainfall, hot summers, and cold winters. Which biome would most likely support this activity, and why?
A weather reporter refers to parts of the Great Plains as "Tornado Alley."
Perceptual Region
What is my star sign?
Gemini