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Chapters 11-15 Flashcards

1
Q

Longest river in the U.S.

A

Missouri

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2
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its source is in Tibet

A

Yangtze

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3
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“river in the sea”

A

Gulf Stream

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4
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flows through rain forest

A

Amazon

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5
Q

rim of the Pacific basin that has lots of earthquakes and active volcanos

A

ring of fire

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6
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a Swiss naturalist that studied glaciers and fossils

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Louis Agassiz

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7
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flows south to north almost in a straight line

A

Nile

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8
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caused the formation of the Great Lakes and an ice sheet all the way to the Mediterranean Sea

A

Ice Age

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9
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first textbook about the ocean

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Geography of the Sea

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10
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Largest river flow by volume in U.S.

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Mississippi

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11
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Spanish explorer who first saw the Mississippi River

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Hernando de Soto

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12
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River that carries the largest volume of water in the world.

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Amazon

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13
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longest river

A

Nile

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14
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lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere

A

solid, liquid, gas

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15
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a large body of ice on land

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glacier

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16
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developed the Theory of Evolution and believed the surface features of the earth were caused by natural forces, not Noah’s flood

A

Charles Darwin

17
Q

famous artist who made drawings of Yellowstone Park

A

Thomas Moran

18
Q

largest river by water flo

A

Amazon

19
Q

What causes ocean currents?

A

Surface water is cooled in polar regions. Cold water sinks (more dense than warm water), and warm water from the equator flows out to take its place.

20
Q

along its banks are pyramids

A

Nile

21
Q

traced out ocean currents

A

Matthew Maury

22
Q

flows through Central Asia

A

Yangtze

23
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explored the Missouri River and the Louisiana Territory

A

Lewis & Clark

24
Q

first European to explore the Amazon River

A

Francisco de Orellana

25
Q

Explain what caused deep grooves in solid rock in valley walls, and caused boulders to do the southern plains far from the mountains of their origin.

A

Glaciers move, pressing boulders against valley walls, carving deep grooves. Glaciers carried the boulders to the southern plain, leaving them as they melted

26
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the origin of this river is snow in Africa’s great central highlands

A

Nile

27
Q

Longest river in the world:

A

Nile

28
Q

the primary factor in giving ocean currents their life

A

temperature differences

Memoria Press Exploring Planet Earth (28 decks)

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