Physical Geography
Mapping
Earth-Sun Relationship
Climate
All things Geography
100
The movement of land/earth that can result in landslides and clogging of waterways.
Erosion
100
What type of map shows landforms and elevation?
Physical Map
100
Earth's core is made up of solid material and liquid material.
True or False
True
100
What happens to temperature as elevation increases?
Decreases/Temps. lower
100
What Biome would you find in the lowest latitudes?
Tropical Rain Forest
200
What part of Earth's Atmosphere do we live in?
Troposphere
200
What type of map would show you household incomes?
Thematic Map
200
23.5 degrees North is the latitude line that mark's when the Sun is directly over the northern hemisphere marking summer. What is this line called?
Tropic of Cancer
200
Without the Greenhouse Effect, what type of temperature or climate would Earth have?
Too cold for life/frozen/arctic/tundra
200
What state is the San Andreas Fault Line located?
California
300
The type of tectonic plate movement that is responsible for landforms such as mountains and plateaus.
Divergent
300
What are lines that show elevation on 2D flat maps?
Contour or Topographic Lines
300
Seasons on Earth are determined by Earth's ___________ in relation to the Sun.
Tilt
Double Jeopardy: What is the degree at which Earth's axis is tilted?
10 seconds to answer!
300
What two natural occurrences carry the Sun's solar energy around Earth?
Wind and Water
Wind currents/Ocean currents
300
Used to help understand the Earth and predict natural disasters and track weather patterns like shrinking ice caps.
GPS
400
Process that involves the changing of dirt/earth's properties in positive or negative ways.
Soil-building/Soil-formation
400
Term used to describe the in accuracies of maps that result in producing them as flat.
Distortion
400
What is the term that describes a 24 hour sunlight day experienced once a year at Earth's poles?
Midnight Sun
400
What is the side of the mountain that receives less rain due to the rain shadow effect?
Leeward side
400
Condensation is the process of converting liquid into vapor or gas.
True or False
False (Evaporation....condensation is opposite)
500
Some historians believe all continents were once formed in a supercontinent called __________.
Pangea
500
What is the term used to explain the direction of prevailing winds due to Earth's shape?
Coriolis Effect
500
What are the two phases called when the Earth has equal amounts of daylight?
Equinoxes
500
A climate at 43 degrees south is likely to have multiple seasons.
True or False
True (midlatitude)
500
What is the most common greenhouse emission humans contribute?
Carbon (CO2)