To study the physical characteristics of an area, a geography student could select which kind of map?
vegetation
population map
culture map
100
Tectonic Movement
What is a plateau is most likely caused by?
100
building dams
What innovation has the effect of producing electricity and improving farming?
100
The ocean water cools and heats slowly.
Why do temperature ranges around oceans not vary much?
100
Hurricanes and Typhoons
21. The Coriolis Effect is most directly responsible for the rotation pattern what what weather condition?
Give both names.
200
A zone of volcanoes and frequent earthquakes on the boundaries of the Pacific tectonic plate.
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
200
Slab pull, Ridge push, and convection.
Tectonic plate movement may be caused by what?
200
Users can locate their exact position on the Earth at any time with this device.
What is GPS?
200
land air heats and cools quickly, in fact, much quicker than around the coast.
Why are temperature ranges located inland varied?
200
Sustainable Development
What is the geographic terms that means: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?
300
Latitiude
What is the factor most important in determining climate?
300
Tsunamis
High levels of volcanic and tectonic activity in an ocean environment can create what?
300
This invention made it possible to cool the inside of buildings and resulted in the shift of the population in the US to the warmer South and West.
What is air conditioning?
300
North, summer
What direction is China from the equator? What season is July 21st in China?
300
Relative
23 Using directional terms such as Commerce is northeast of Dallas would be an example of what kind of location.
400
Variations in climate that lead to distinct regions based on similarities of plant and animal life. Examples include: temperate forests, tropical rainforests, grasslands, deserts, and tundras.
What are biomes?
400
Lithosphere
What sphere does earthquakes come from?
400
The process in which salt water is heated and cooled in order to separate the salt and make fresh water.
What is desalinization?
400
Middle latitude climate zone
In what latitude zone would the Marine West Coast Climate be in?
400
Absolute Location
24. Using latitude and longitude (grid system) is the definition of how to give what kind of location.
500
Rising global temperatures led to a warming of the surface of the Pacific Ocean, creating increased rain on the west coasts of the US and Latin America.
Rain
What is El Nino? What kind of conditions does this weather phenomenon create for Texas?d
500
Tectonic Movement
A Plateau is most likely caused by
500
Insulating attic space
What is a techological innovation that would allow someone to adapt to his/her environment?
planting crops
cutting down rainforests
saving rainwater in cisterns
insulating attic space
500
High Latitude
In what latitude zone would an Alaskan Black bear likely thrive?
500
Revolution
What is most directly responsible for the different seasons on Earth?