4 Spheres
Tectonic Plates
Landforms, Erosion, & Weather
Vocab
RANDOM
100
Name the four spheres:
hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere
100
What can converging plates cause?
Mountain ranges
100
A canyon is formed by
erosion (water erosion by a river)
100
define Tsunami
large wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean
100
The 3 Gorges Dam has done what positive thing for the people of China?
Provided them with hydroelectric power
200
Which sphere is a hurricane in?
hydrosphere or atmosphere
200
What is a transform boundary?
Two boundaries grinding against each other
200
Name three things that can effect climate:
1) latitude 2)proximity to water 3)elevation
200
What does PSOS stand for?
PEOPLE SETTLE ON SHORES
200
Mountains impact movement of goods and people by:
Stopping it
300
The ____ sphere includes the water cycle
The hydrosphere
300
What is the Ring of Fire caused by?
Movement of the Pacific Plate
300
A monsoon is literally a
wind
300
define Erosion
process where weathered material is MOVED by water, air, or gravity
300
If a climograph shows that a city is hot and rainy in the summer, cool and dry in the winter, it is showing that the city annually has a change in:
seasons
400
Explain what the biosphere is, and give an example of what is in the biosphere.
Biosphere= "life sphere".....it includes plants and animals
400
The process by which one plate sinks beneath another plate and back into the mantle is known as
Subduction
400
If a climograph shows you that it is hot in the summer, cold in the winter, but never rains, it would be
In a desert, because it never rains.
400
define Renewable resource-
a resource that can be replaced within a generation
400
Explain the difference between "El Nino" and "La Nina"
el nino it rains here and is dry in Australia, la nina is the opposite. This is caused by WATER currents
500
The lithosphere is Greek for _________.
"Rocky Sphere"
500
What is a rift valley? How is it formed?
It is a valley formed by plates diverging
500
Explain the Orographic Effect, and tell what it forms.
It is when a tall mountain range blocks clouds. It causes one side to be very rainy, and the other to be a desert.
500
define GIS-
layering of information to decide how to use land
500
The Aggies are currently ranked number _______ in the AP poll.
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