Looking at the Earth
What is the relative location of Mexico?
[descriptions vary]
This is a powerful, funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.
tornado
This term means "an interdependent community of plants and animals."
Ecosystem
An opening in the earth, through which gases and lava escape from the earth's interior
volcano
This is the number of multiple-choice questions on your exam tomorrow.
50.
This is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
These two factors differentiate a blizzard from a snowstorm.
High winds and low visibility.
Solar energy gets trapped underneath a layer of gases released by the burning of coal and petroleum in a process called the:
Greenhouse effect
a large ice mass that moves slowly down a mountain or over land
glacier
This is how many extra credit questions you'll have the opportunity to answer.
5, all based on maps.
This is the imaginary line dividing the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
Prime meridian
Twice a year on the _______, the days and nights all over the world are equal in length.
Equinox
This process is the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America.
El Nino
a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river
delta
This term refers to earth's surface that exists from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean.
Continental shelf
Longitude lines run parallel to this.
Prime meridian
This is the term for weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time.
Cone bearing trees are also called:
coniferous trees (or needleleaf)
a wide, treeless grassy plain
This cycle is the continuous circulation of water between the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth.
Hydrologic cycle
When listing coordinates of a place, which coordinates go first: latitude or longitude?
Example: 36.1216968° N, -94.1434694° W.
Latitude
(Remember: LA, LO)
The land on the leeward side of a mountain that gets little rain.
Rain shadow.
This is what we call subsoil that is constantly frozen.
Permafrost.
This is the difference in elevation of a landform from its lowest point to its highest point.
relief
Earth's core is the centermost layer. It is made up of which two elements?
Iron and nickel