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Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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Large areas of flat/ gently rolling land. No higher than 1000 feet.

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Plains

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What are two types of plains

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Coastal

Inland

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3
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Another name for inland plains is

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High plains

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4
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Plains are found on all continents except

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Antarctica

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5
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Large areas of flat land that rise 1500 ft and have at least 1 steep side

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Plateau

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6
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What is another name for plateau

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Tablelands

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7
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This land forms makes up 45% of the earth’s surface

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Plateaus

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8
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What is the highest plateau in the world

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Plateau of Tibet

10-15000 ft

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Plateaus make up ___% of the earth’s surface

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45

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10
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Landforms with steep slopes and a peak or summit. At least 2000 ft high

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Mountains

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11
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What is another name for mountains

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Highlands

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12
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Mountains cover ___ of the earth’s surface

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1/5

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13
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What is the highest mountain chain in the world

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Himalayas

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14
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What is the highest peak in the world

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Mt. Everest

29035 ft

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15
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What are the four types of mountains

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Volcanic
Dome
Fault block
Folded

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16
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Earth’s tectonic plates are pushed together in roller coaster like waves

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Folded mountains

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17
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What is the most common type of mountain

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Folded mountains

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18
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What are examples of folded mountains

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Appalachians
Ural Mountains
Alps
Himalayas

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19
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Earth’s crust is heaved or pushed upwards without folding or splitting

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Dome mountains

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20
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What are examples of dome mountains

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Black hills

Adirondacks

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21
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Earth’s crust breaks along a fault line. Layers of the earth’s crust are moved upwards from pressure of tectonic plates

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Fault block mountain

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22
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Steep on one side and sloping on the other

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Fault block mountains

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23
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Examples of fault block mountains

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Sierra Nevadas

Grand Tetons

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24
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How were the Rocky Mountains formed

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By folding and faulting

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25
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Earth’s crust breaks apart and very hot molten material flows out

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Volcano

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26
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What is that largest active volcano

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Mauna Loa

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27
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A area of low land that lies between hills or mountains

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Valley

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28
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Deep, narrow valley formed by steep sides of mountains or hills

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Canyon

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29
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Piece of land extending from a continent and surrounded by water on 3 sides

30
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Piece of land completely surrounded by water

31
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When the ___ sticks up above the ocean, an __ is formed

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Mid Oceanic ridge; island

32
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A group of islands

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Archipelago

33
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Area of low lying land formed by soil deposited at the mouth of a river

34
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Changing the shape of rocks though breakage or chemical change

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Weathering

35
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Describe mechanical weathering

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Water gets between rocks, freezes and expands causing the rocks to crack. Also known as frost wedging

36
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Describe chemical weathering

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Chemical in the air or water combine to cause rocks to change
Acid rain

37
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What is the most powerful force of erosion

38
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Wearing away of the earth’s surface though wind, water, and rain

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Weathering

39
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What are the two types of glaciers

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Mountain

Sheet

40
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Describe mountain glaciers

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Smaller than sheet glaciers

Create sharp peaks and u-shaped valleys

41
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Describe sheet glaciers

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Cover large areas

42
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What percentage of the earth is glaciated

43
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What are the three types of plate boundaries

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Divergent boundary
Convergent boundary
Transform bounding

44
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Tectonic plates move away from each other. Also known as sea floor spreading

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Divergent boundary

45
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Plates crashing into each other

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Convergent boundary

46
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Plates are sliding past each other along fault lines

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Transform bounding

47
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True or false: most plate boundaries are under the ocean floor

48
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What is an example of a fault system

A

San Andreas fault system

49
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What are the five types of soil

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Lateritic
Podzolic
Chernozem
Desert
Cold land soil
50
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Describe lateritic

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Reddish yellow
Rain forest soil
Hot temps and lots of rain
Lots of humus

51
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Describe podzolic

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Deep forest regions
Cool temps
Little humus

52
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Describe chernozem

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Prairie soil (found in prairie and grassland)
Lots of humus
Fertile
Black

53
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Describe desert

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Little humus

Can be fertile is irrigated (not the case bc of little rain fall)

54
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Describe cold land soil

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Cold temps all year

Ground is always frozen - permafrost

55
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__ of the earth is covered in permafrost

56
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What is the largest ocean

57
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__ of the earth is ocean

58
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Where is the pacific oceans deepest point

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Near Guam in the Marianas trench

59
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What is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean

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Puerto Rico

60
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What is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean

61
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What is the smallest ocean? And where is its deepest point?

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Arctic Ocean

Eurasian Basin

62
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A large body of salt water that is surrounded by land except for a narrow passage into an ocean

63
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How many high and low tides does the ocean experience per day

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2 high

2 low

64
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Rivers formed by smaller streams

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Tributaries

65
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A large body of fresh water surrounded by land

66
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Point at which a river begins

67
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Where the river empties into an ocean or another body of water

68
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All continents except __ have rivers

A

Antarctica

69
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Plant and animal community that covers a large area

70
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What are the 5 basic biomes

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Forest
Savanna
Temperate grassland
Desert
Tundra
71
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The rain forest covers __% of the earth’s surface

72
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What are the 4 major landforms

A

Plains
Plateaus
Hills
Mountains

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