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Plate Tectonics
Climates
Rivers and Mountains
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"Things you should know!"
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huge sections of the earth's crust
What are plates?
100
the type of climate we live in
What is a temperate climate?
100
the longest river in the world
What is the Nile River?
100
process by which a region is stripped of trees and other vegetation
What is deforestation?
100
the breaking down of rock by wind, water, temperature changes, etc.
What is weathering?
200
this occurs when plates push against one another
What is the formation of mountains or mountain-building?
200
the type of climate found in the lower latitudes
What is a tropical climate?
200
the highest mountain range in the world
What are the Himalayas?
200
type of weather front that would be the forward edge of a mP or cP air mass
What is a cold front?
200
the movement of rock and sediment from one location to another by water, wind, animals, etc.
What is erosion?
300
theory of how the continents have moved to their current locations
What is continental drift?
300
the type of climate found at higher altitudes
What is a highland climate?
300
the second longest river system in the world
What is the Amazon River?
300
soil made up of decomposed plant and animal matter
What is humus?
300
major ocean current that affects the climate of northern Europe
What is the North Atlantic current?
400
this occurs when plates pull apart from each other
What is the formation of a rift valley or sea-floor spreading?
400
the type of climate found in southern Europe and northern Africa
What is a Mediterranean climate?
400
longest mountain chain in the world
What are the Andes?
400
the type of weather front that forms when a cold front and warm front meet going in opposite directions
What is a stationary front?
400
the process by which an area loses vegetation and the soil begins to erode
What is desertification?
500
the region around the Pacific Ocean where a great deal of volcanic and seismic activity takes place
What is the Ring of Fire or Circum-Pacific Belt?
500
the type of polar climate found in the northern-most regions of Europe and Asia
What is a tundra climate?
500
two major mountain ranges in the United States/North America
What are the Appalachians and the Rockies?
500
area in present-day Iraq where civilization first began
What is Mesopotamia?
500
layer of the atmosphere closest to the earth
What is the troposphere?