This refers to the typical weather in a region over a long period of time.
What is climate?
100
Tall trees with large leaves that remain green all year long.
What is Broadleaf evergreen forest?
100
This line is located at 180 degree longitude.
What is the International Date Line?
100
The three layers of the Earth are....
Crust, mantle, and core.
200
The sun directly hits the tropic of _____ when it is summer in the U.S.A.
What is the tropic of Cancer?
200
This refers to the daily forecast of temperature and precipitation for a short period of time.
What is weather?
200
Vegetation zone made up of treeless plain with grasses, mosses, and scrubs adapted to cold climate.
What is tundra?
200
When you travel west over this line, a new day begins.
What is the International Date Line?
200
How do you remain safe during an Earthquake?
Protect your head and get near and strong support. If outside already, move away from the side of buildings!
300
How does latitude affect climate?
Latitude affects climate because as you move away from the Equator, the colder climate gets! The poles are the coldest because they receive the least amount of direct sunlight throughout the year.
300
Climate zone with permanent ice and snow?
What is ice cap?
300
Climate zone made up of trees with broad, flat leaves that are shed before winter.
What is deciduous forest?
300
This movement of the Earth causes day and night, as well as the need for time zones.
What is rotation?
*This is because different longitudes of the world have day and night at different times!*
300
Where do most Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur on Earth?
Along tectonic plate boundaries such as fault lines!
400
One round, circular orbit of the Earth around the sun that takes 365.25 days to complete.
What is a revolution?
400
Explain the role of latitude in shaping the Earth's climate.
Latitude affects climate because as you move North or South from the Equator the colder the climate becomes. This is because as you move away from the Equator you receive less direct sunlight throughout the year.
400
Vegetation zone made up of short and tall grasses adapted to cool weather, good for grazing.
What is temperate grasslands?
400
Time zones are organized around these.
What are lines of longitude?
400
What type of tectonic plate movement causes mountains to form?
Convergent boundary!
500
This causes the change of Earth's seasons.
What is the revolution of a tilted Earth around the sun?
500
How would a climate zone affect vegetation?
Amount of precipitation and temperature both affect vegetation growth and the types of plants that can survive in an area.
500
Vegetation zone made up of evergreen trees with needles and cones.
What is coniferous forest?
500
Why do we need time zones?
Because different parts of the Earth experience day and night at different points of the Earth's rotation.
500
Why do Earthquakes happen?
Because of the friction between two plates as they slip past each other.