forest
what is a forest?
A large green wild are that grows naturally.
what is the typical monsoon season
April to October
Where is the Pacific ocean
The Pacific Ocean is located between Americas to the East of the Pacific Ocean basin and the Asian and Australian continents to the West as you can see on the map of the Pacific Ocean below
how big is the Sahara desert
Covers the majority of Northern Africa. It is the third-largest desert in the world.
True or False: The Atlantic Ocean is the largest ocean in the world
false: The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean)
what is one thing forest provides?
oxygen
what might cause an ice age?
a large amount of freshwater entering the ocean
the ice caps and glaciers melting
the disruption of the north Atlantic current
What does pacific mean?
Pacific means "peaceful", coming from the Latin "pace" for peace and the Pacific Ocean got its name from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 who called its waters "mar pacifico" which means peaceful sea.
what are the borders
Sahara Desert include the Red Sea on the east, the valley of the Niger River and the Sudan on the south, the Mediterranean and the Atlas Mountains on the north, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
What recent changes to the Atlantic Ocean made it smaller
The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south latitude.
is a forest green cool or warm?
cool warm.
How much do our oceans absorb the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere
1/4
How big is the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific is the biggest ocean on earth and covers more than 30% of the earth's surface.
temperature
The desert has gone through shifts in temperature and moisture over the past few hundred thousand years. Although the Sahara Desert is very dry today, it is expected that it will become green again in about 15000 years.
Where is the Atlantic Ocean located
body of water between Africa, Europe, the Arctic Ocean, the Americas, and the Southern Ocean
how much is the world covered in forest?
why do oceans need carbon dioxide
because plants need it for photosynthesis
because cyanobacteria and phytoplankton need it for photosynthesis
How deep is the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific is not only the biggest but also the deepest ocean with the deepest trenches. The average depth is about 3,800 m.
shifts
41000-year cycle. During this cycle, the earth changes its tilt between 22 and 24.5 degrees.
What are some of the most strategic waterways into the Atlantic Ocean
The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways.
how old are forests?
They can be up to five hundred years old.
the energy needed to create any type of weather comes from what
The sun
What is the ring of fire?
Most of the volcanoes (actually 75%) on earth are located in the Pacific Ocean basin, the volcanoes actually form a ring around the basin and therefore it is called the ring of fire.
meaning
Sahara means 'the greatest desert' in Arabic.
What is the comparative area of the Atlantic Ocean
about 7.5 times the size of the US