Topic 1 Lessons 1-4 Test

Climate and Ecosystem

100

This is the long term patterns of weather within a designated area

Climate

200

This is the natural cycle that causes it to rain

Water Cycle

300

This is the reason why it is hot in the tropics and cold in the higher number of these

Latitude Differences

400

Regions of the Earth that are made up of similar communities of plants and animals

Biomes

500

These are the three types of climate

Warm, Temperate, and Dry and Cold

Maps

100

This is where satellites help find the location of something

GPS (Global Positioning System)

200

The three types of these are the: Mercator, Equal-Area, and the Robinson

Projections

300

This kind of map shows the type of ecosystems that an area has

Ecosystem Map

400

A common error for maps that is the loss of accuracy

Distortion

500

This type of map tells how many people are in an area per square mile or kilometer

Population Density Map

Geography

100

These are mountains that contain magma within them. Watch out when they go boom.

Volcanoes

200

This where earthquakes happen in the Earth

Faults

300

These are created from the process of deposition by the ocean

Deltas

400

These mountains were once as tall as the Rockies, but weathering has caused them to become less

The Appalachian Mountains

500

This is the volcano that took out the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Mount Vesuvius

Human Interaction

100

These are the two types of resources we have in the world

Renewable and Nonrenewable

200

This is the development of machine-powered production and manufacturing. We had one of these revolutions during the 1800's (DON'T SAY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THAT HAPPENED IN 1776)

Industrialization

300

This is the loss of forest cover in a region

Deforestation

400

This means to migrate out of a place

Emigrate

500

These factors are what causes people to leave a country and what brings people to a new country

Push and Pull Factors

Natural Things

100

This the process of soil and rock being moved by water, ice, or air

Erosion

200

This is the process of eroded material being dropped somewhere. You could say your parents do this at a bank too.

Deposition

300

This is the process of breaking down rocks into tiny pieces

Weathering

400

This is an intense rainstorm that has strong winds and forms over the oceans in the tropics

Tropical Cyclone

500

This is the process of moving huge blocks of the Earth's crust and upper mantle

Plate Tectonics