General Geo Knowledge🌵🌵 Flashcards

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Heritage sites are classified in what three ways?

A

Natural significance. Cultural significance. Or both cultural and natural significance.

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__________ join places of equal height.

__________ join places of equal atmospheric pressure.

A

Contour lines.

Isobars.

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A _______________ shows weather patterns.

A

Synoptic chart.

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__________ is the day to day conditions of the atmosphere.

__________ is the long term conditions of the atmosphere.

A

Weather.

Climate.

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A _____________ chart is a forecast of what is to come weather wise.

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Prognostic chart.

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What instrument and measurement is humidity measured and recorded in?

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Instrument : wet/dry bulb thermometer

Measurement : %percentage%

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What instrument and measurement is air pressure measured and recorded in?

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Instrument : barometer

Measurement : hectopascals or millibars

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What is the element if the instrument is rain gauge and the measurement is millimetres?

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Precipitation / rain

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Seasonal distribution of rainfall is what?

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A description of the pattern of rainfall during the year.

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10
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Average annual rainfall is what?

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The total of all rainfall figures for the year.

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What is BLAH HA?

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Biosphere. Lithosphere. Atmosphere. Hydrosphere and human activity ( how we as humans interact with BLAH )

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What is a trig station and spot heights?

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A trig station is the exact height on a mountain.

A spot height is the height of the mountain a particular point.

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13
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The closer the lines on a topographic map the _______?

A

STEEPER THE MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!!!

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14
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What is diurnal temp. range?

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Hot during day and cold at night because the heat cannot escape because of the cloud coverage but at night when there is no clouds it is really cold.

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Erosion is ______…

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Wind, water, rain or something like that, that affects landforms and cuts away at them to make them change shape.

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16
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One side of the mountain during the rain shadow effect is the _________ and the other side is the __________.

A

Windward and Leeward.

17
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What is a Butte?

A

An isolated hill with a somewhat flat top with very steep sides. Can be affected by erosion.

18
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What is an oasis?

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Isolated area of vegetation usually surrounding a water source.

19
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How are oases formed?

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When there is an underground water source and the water becomes accumulated under the sand because of rocks which cannot percolate. So it becomes naturally fertile for plants.

20
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Wadi is an Arabic term usually referred to what?

A

A valley. Or sometimes a dry riverbed.

21
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What does UNESCO stand for?

A

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION.