Ch. 1-3 Test Flashcards
One or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
Formal region
Navigation system that allows land, sea, and air users to determine the exact location.
Global Positioning System
Made up of different places that are linked together and function as a unit
Functional region
Regions that reflect human feelings and attitudes
Perceptual region
0 to 90
Latitude lines
0to 180
Longitude lines
Time earths poles tilt toward or away from the sun more than any other time
Solstice
Occurs when earths poles are not toward away from the sun
Equinox
When the solstice occurs
December 21 and June 21
When equinox occurs
March 21 and September 22
dry
Arid
Amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
Permanently frozen soil
Permafrost
Are storms related to weather or climate
Weather
Process that the earth has gotten warmer over the decade
Global warming
How is global warming believed to be caused
Human activity
Tropical humid
Warm and rainy year round (along equator)
Tropical wet and dry
Warm all year, distinct rainy and dry seasons, precipitation during dry seasons (between humid tropics and deserts
Arid
Sunny and hot and very little precipitation
Semiarid
Hot summers and cool winters and little precipitation
Mediterranean
Dry and sunny and warm summers and mild wetter winters
Humid subtropical
Hot humid summers and mild humid winters
Marine west coast
Cloudy mild summers and cool rainy winters
Humid continents
Four distinct seasons
