Culture / Globe
What are 3 different elements of culture?
Language, History, Clothes, Food, Dance, Songs, Music, Games, Books, Myths, ect.
Which climate is cold all year?
Polar
What do we call a volcano that is currently shooting lava?
Erupting
How do you escape a rip current?
Swim parallel to the shore
What line divides Earth into north and south hemispheres?
Equator
In Korea, which ocean do we swim in?
Pacific Ocean
Which climate has 4 seasons, with a hot summer and cold winter.
Temperate climate
What do we call it when the earth shakes?
Earthquake
What is one type of mitigation for a hurricane?
Seawall, wave break, dunes, sandbags, stilt houses
What type of landform has water on 3 sides? (bonus 50 - name an example!)
Peninsula
Which 2 continents are fully in the Western Hemisphere?
North and South America
Which climate zone is hot and rainy all year?
Tropical
What is 1 cause of a tsunami?
Earthquake, volcanic eruption, asteroid, or landslide
What are some ways to mitigate against a volcanic eruption?
Evacuating people, avoid building in that area, building walls to steer the lava
What imaginary line divides Earth into east and west hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Cold winters and little farmland, meant every vegetable had to be saved
Which climate zone has all 4 seasons, but a mild summer and very cold winter?
Continental
What is a natural disaster with strong winds, heavy rain, and usually only impacts coastal areas?
Hurricane, typhoon, cyclone
What scale do we rate earthquakes on?
In magnitudes / The Richter Scale
Which water landform is a small indent into the land that makes a safe place for boats to park? Even if there is a storm.
Harbor
Which ocean is between Europe and North America?
Atlantic ocean
Which climate zone gets the least amount of rain?
Arid or Dry
A volcano that has not erupted for a long time, but still has magma is called a:
Dormant volcano
How do we know when a tsunami is coming?
DART early warning system
What do we call the large pieces of Earth's crust?
Tectonic plates