Physical Geography Basics
This is the study of Earth's natural features
Physical Geography
This type of biome is characterized as really hot and doesn't get a lot of rainfall.
Desert
This type of biome is characterized as having rainy and cold winters and then warm summers with large amounts of pine trees.
Taiga
Who created the tectonic plate theory?
Alfred Wegner
These types of natural disasters are characterized by massive waves that cause damage along the coast.
Tsunami
What are the two types of location?
Absolute and Relative Location
This type of biome is characterized as having large amounts of flat grassland, sporadic amounts of trees and a large amount of diverse animals.
Savanna
This biome is characterized as mountainous with little vegetation.
Alpine
If water freezes in a crack within a rock and the rock ultimately splits open, which type of weathering caused this transformation?
Physical Weathering
These types of natural disasters are caused by transform boundaries.
Earthquakes
Name the three layers of the earth starting from the inside going outwards.
Core, Mantle, Crust.
What are the two types of rainforests?
Temperate and Tropical
This type of biome is characterized as a biome with large amounts of trees that lose leaves in the fall/winter.
Deciduous Forest
These are types of rocks that were formed from layers of silt, dead plants, and animal skeletons.
Sedimentary
These types of natural disasters occur in dry areas primarily and cause farmland damage as well as livestock deaths.
Sandstorms
Name 2 aspects of human geography and 2 aspects of physical geography
human geography: population, culture, development, economics
physical geography: weather, climate, landforms, tectonics
This type of biome is characterized as a very cold and dry biome.
Tundra
This type of biome is characterized as a small freshwater biome with large amounts of fish/insects but not a lot of plants.
Rivers/Streams
Wind, Water and Glacial
What are two natural disasters that are caused by extreme wind systems?
Tornadoes and Hurricanes
What are the four major components of the physical environment?
- Natural Vegetation
- Landforms and Rocks
- Weather and Climate
What are the three types of marine ecosystems?
Neritic Zone, Intertidal Zone, Open Ocean
What are four animals/plants that would live in the savannah biome?
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent and Transform
Flooding can be caused by which three natural disasters?
Hurricanes, Wildfires, Tsunamis