Chapters 2&3 study guide & vocabulary

Question 1

Arid/desert climate and vegetation

Answer 1

Precipitation of less than 10 inches per year; sunny and hot in the tropics; varies in middle latitudes
Vegatation: dry, drought resistant plants

Question 2

Tundra climate and vegatation

Answer 2

Cold all year, long cold winters and very short cool summers
Vegatation: moss lichens, low shrubs

Question 3

Mediterranean climate and vegatation

Answer 3

Dry sunny warm summers and mild winters
Vegatation: scrub woodland and grasslands

Question 4

Highland climate and vegatation

Answer 4

Greatly varied temperatures and precipitation amounts; elevation changes

Question 5

Subarctic climate and vegatation

Answer 5

Extremes of temperatures, long cold winters and short mild summers
Vegatation: northern Evergreen

Question 6

Tropical humid climate and vegetation

Answer 6

Warm and rainy year round
Vegatation: tropical rainforests

Question 7

what are the 4 spheres of earth

Answer 7

Atmosphere, biosphere lithosphere, and hydrosphere

Question 8

What are the 4 inner planets

Answer 8

Mercury, Venus, earth, mars

Question 9

What are the 4 outer planets

Answer 9

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Question 10

What are the dates for both summer and winter solistices?

Answer 10

June 20 or 21
December 21 or 22

Question 11

What are the dates for both spring and autumn equinoxes?

Answer 11

March 20
September 22

Question 12

Earth is the ____ planet from the sun

Answer 12

3rd

Question 13

the gravitational pull from the sun and moon cause

Answer 13

Tides

Question 14

smaller objects that orbit a planet

Answer 14

Moons

Question 15

major bodies that orbit a star

Answer 15

Planets

Question 16

one complete spin of the earth on its axis is a

Answer 16

Rotation

Question 17

One elliptical orbit around the sun is called a

Answer 17

Revolution

Question 18

The tilt of earth. And. It’s rotation determines witch… this causes

Answer 18

Hemisphere receives the most direct sun rays
This causes seasons

Question 19

middle and high latitudes have

Answer 19

Distinct seasons

Question 20

tropical and lower latitudes are

Answer 20

Warm all year round

Question 21

low pressure areas have

Answer 21

Unstable conditions

Question 22

High pressure areas have

Answer 22

Clear conditions

Question 23

what are the 4 major air pressure zones

Answer 23

Equatorial low
Subtropical high
Subtropical low
Polar highs

Question 24

what affects the global wind patterns

Answer 24

Air pressure

Question 25

wind flows from ____ to ____ pressure

Answer 25

High to low

Question 26

ocean currents move ___ between the ____

Answer 26

heat; tropics

Question 27

higher elevation =

Answer 27

Colder tempurature

Question 28

For every thousand feet you go up ______ difference of ____

Answer 28

3.5. Degrees; tempurature

Question 29

Regions with Middle lattitudes

Answer 29

Humid. Continental
Humid subtropical
Marine west coast
Mediterranean

Question 30

Regions with low lattitudes

Answer 30

Tropical humid
Tropical wet & dry
Arid
Semi arid

Question 31

Regions with High lattitudes

Answer 31

Subarctic
Tundra
Ice cap
Highland

Question 32

Equinox

Answer 32

Time when both poles are at a 90 degree angle from the sun

Question 33

Tropics

Answer 33

Warm, low lattitude areas near the equator

Question 34

biosphere

Answer 34

All life forms on earth

Question 35

atmosphere

Answer 35

The envelope of gases that surrounds a planet

Question 36

Solstice

Answer 36

Time when earths poles point their greatest angle toward or away from the sun

Question 37

Polar Region

Answer 37

High lattitude, cold regions around the north and south poles

Question 38

Hydrosphere

Answer 38

Earths water in all forms

Question 39

System

Answer 39

A group of celestial objects connected by attractive forces

Question 40

lithosphere

Answer 40

Solid crust of earth