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Extreme Weather
Plate Tectonics
Climate
Biomes
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is the process by which weathered rock and soil are moved  from one place to another.

Erosion 

100

Warming of the Pacific ocean, that can cause flooding 

El Nino 

100

Who created the continental Drift Theory 

Alfred Wegner 

100

The warmest climate zone is the ? 

Tropical Zone

100

Unique communities of both plants and animals found in a particular area are

Biomes

200

The most destructive kind of mass movement is. 

Landslide

200

The rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans.

Global Warming

200

two plates move apart, usually occurs at the mid-ocean ridge

Divergent Boundary 

200

Temperatures at higher elevations are ________ compared to temperatures at lower elevations.

Lower

200

What are the three types of grasslands 

Prairie

Savannahs 

Steppe

300

What are the two type of Weathering? 

Chemical & Mechanical 

300

What is fed by warm ocean waters near the equator

Hurricane 

300

Place where a continental plate collides with an ocean plate;

Convergent Boundry

300

The land on the ______ side of the mountain range is in the rain shadow.

Leeward

300

Plant and animal life usually adapted to very cold climates is found in which Biome

Taiga / Boreal Forest

400

What builds new landforms AND changes the shape of the land. 

Deposition 

400

What are the 4 Factors that cause desertification? 

  1. Deforestation 

  2. Overgrazing by animals

  3. Overpopulation

  4. Overplanting

400

point beneath Earth's surface where rock under stress breaks to cause an earthquake

Focus

400

Which climate zone is Pearland, TX found in? (subcategory included)

Humid Subtropical / Temperate 

400

What are the three types of forest? 

Rainforest

Boreal Forest (Taiga)

Deciduous Forest 

500

What are the 4 agents of Erosion? 

  1. gravity

  2. water

  3. wind

4. glaciers 

500

What Measures Tornadoes, How are the categories labeled, and what determines that category of the Tornado?

Enhanced Fujita Scale 

F0-F5

Wind Speed / Damage 

500

What are the names of the Super Continents? 

  • Laurasia Gondwanaland, Pangea 


500

What are the 6 factors of climate

  1. Latitude

  2. Elevation

  3. Ocean Currents

  4. Wind Patterns

  5. Position on a Continent

  6. Mountains

500

What is Permafrost and where can you find it?

Frozen soil, Tundra