General Geo Knowledge🌵🌵 Flashcards
Heritage sites are classified in what three ways?
Natural significance. Cultural significance. Or both cultural and natural significance.
__________ join places of equal height.
__________ join places of equal atmospheric pressure.
Contour lines.
Isobars.
A _______________ shows weather patterns.
Synoptic chart.
__________ is the day to day conditions of the atmosphere.
__________ is the long term conditions of the atmosphere.
Weather.
Climate.
A _____________ chart is a forecast of what is to come weather wise.
Prognostic chart.
What instrument and measurement is humidity measured and recorded in?
Instrument : wet/dry bulb thermometer
Measurement : %percentage%
What instrument and measurement is air pressure measured and recorded in?
Instrument : barometer
Measurement : hectopascals or millibars
What is the element if the instrument is rain gauge and the measurement is millimetres?
Precipitation / rain
Seasonal distribution of rainfall is what?
A description of the pattern of rainfall during the year.
Average annual rainfall is what?
The total of all rainfall figures for the year.
What is BLAH HA?
Biosphere. Lithosphere. Atmosphere. Hydrosphere and human activity ( how we as humans interact with BLAH )
What is a trig station and spot heights?
A trig station is the exact height on a mountain.
A spot height is the height of the mountain a particular point.
The closer the lines on a topographic map the _______?
STEEPER THE MOUNTAIN!!!!!!!!!!
What is diurnal temp. range?
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.
Erosion is ______…
Wind, water, rain or something like that, that affects landforms and cuts away at them to make them change shape.
One side of the mountain during the rain shadow effect is the _________ and the other side is the __________.
Windward and Leeward.
What is a Butte?
An isolated hill with a somewhat flat top with very steep sides. Can be affected by erosion.
What is an oasis?
Isolated area of vegetation usually surrounding a water source.
How are oases formed?
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.
Wadi is an Arabic term usually referred to what?
A valley. Or sometimes a dry riverbed.
What does UNESCO stand for?
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION.
