Chapter 2

Question 1

What are hot spots?

Answer 1

stationary mantle plume

Question 2

How were the islands of Hawaii formed?

Answer 2

How spots brought material to the surface forming an island. More islands were made as the Pacific plate moved over the hot spot

Question 3

Where do you find the deepest oceanic trenches?

Answer 3

Along the plate boundaries; subduction zones

Question 4

Approximately how old are the Appalachian Mountains?

Answer 4

400 Million Years old

Question 5

What is a cratonic shield?

Answer 5

Exposed craton at the surface; think of Quebec and how it is low and flat

Question 6

What kind of rocks are you likely to find in the major lowlands of continents?

Answer 6

Young sedimentary rocks

Question 7

What is a Koppen A Climate like?

Answer 7

Tropical; warm and wet

Question 8

What is a Koppen B Climate like?

Answer 8

Desert; dry and arid with a moisture deficit

Question 9

What is a Koppen C Climate like?

Answer 9

Temperate; mild climate with warm/hot summers

Question 10

What is a Koppen D Climate?

Answer 10

Colder; cold winters

Question 11

What is a Koppen E Climate like?

Answer 11

Polar

Question 12

What was the maximum extent of glacial advance in the Eastern US during the Pleistocene?

Answer 12

New York and Ohio Valley

Question 13

What is isostatic rebound?

Answer 13

large masses of land (specifically asthenosphere) rising up because weight has been removed

Question 14

What are the four largest rivers in the world by drainage area?

Answer 14

Amazon, Congo, Mississippi, Nile

Question 15

What are the four greatest rivers in the world by discharge?

Answer 15

Amazon, Congo, Parana, Orinoco

Question 16

What are the four greatest rivers in the world by sediment load?

Answer 16

Amazon, Yellow, Ganges, Brahamaputra