Biomes
Maps
Antarctica
Environment
Vocabulary
100
The biome characterized by thick, hot jungles that receive frequent rainfall; very biodiverse
rainforests
100
What kind of map is this?
Physical map
100
Antarctica's permanent population
0
100
Name 3 kinds of clean energy.
Wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal
100
Cutting down trees and destroying forests
deforestation
200
The biome characterized by a total lack of precipitation and almost no plant life
desert
200
What kind of map is this?
Political map
200
True or false: Antarctica was the second-to-last continent to be discovered by Europeans after Australia.
False! Antarctica was discovered more than a century after Australia.
200
Name 2 differences between the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
Kyoto -- legally binding, charged fines for not meeting goals, required only wealthy countries to set goals
Paris -- not legally binding, encouraged all countries to set goals, no punishments for non-compliance, some countries avoiding setting goals
200
absolute location
a place's location using definite geographic coordinates
300
The biome characterized by forests in a temperate climate that lose their leaves in the fall
deciduous forest
300
What kind of map is this?
Navigational map
300
Name 3 countries that have territorial claims on Antarctica
Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France
300
Name 2 similarities between the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol.
Had the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing global temperatures, asking countries to set their own goals, controlled by the UN
300
Land becoming like a desert; the expansion of the desert
desertification
400
The biome characterized by very little vegetation, very little precipitation, and freezing temperatures
tundra
400
What kind of map is this?
thematic map
400
Name 3 unique rules for scientific researchers in Antarctica.
Undergoing a medical exam before departure, crushing and shipping out all waste, importing all food, navigating with ropes during snowstorms, wearing thick snow gear to protect themselves
400
Describe any two of the following: pollarding, coppicing, pannage.
pollarding -- cutting the dead upper branches of a tree to encourage growth
coppicing -- cutting trees at the stump to encourage regrowth
pannage -- releasing pigs into the forest to eat brush off the ground
400
building factories and increasing industries
industrialization
500
Land near the Arctic that is permanently frozen
permafrost
500
Describe the differences between political, physical, thematic, and navigational maps.
Political -- show borders and cities
Physical -- show physical land features
Thematic -- show a particular theme/information
Navigational -- show how to get around a place
500
Name 2 things the Antarctic Treaty System guaranteed
No new claims could be made, no trash could be dumped, no profit could be made, no settlement by people, anyone can conduct scientific research
500
Name 3 policies of Thomas Sankara to stop desertification in the Sahel.
Requiring schoolchildren to build stoves, planting trees at special events, having the government plant trees, regulating the sale of firewood, educating villagers on economics and ecology
500
Expanding cities and human settlements
urbanization