GEOG TEST 1 PART 2 Flashcards
adiabatic lapse rate
rate of cooling with increasing altitude within the lower atmosphere
orographic effect
wrings moisture out of storms by forcing moving air masses to cool as they are forced up and over mountain ranges
What percent of water is available to humans?
3%
- 70% of that locked up in polar ice caps and glaciers
- 30% comes from groundwater
- leaving only 1% easily accessible
Tropical Rain Forests
AF climate
70 to 150 inches of rain
Tropical Seasonal Forests
AM climate
- have a distinct dry season
- only about half of what it is in rainforest
Deserts
BW climate
where rainfall is less than 5 inches
Prairies
characterized by thick long grasses
Steppe
BS climate
- shorter, less dense grasses
- 5 to 10 inches of rain
Mediterranean Scrub Woodlands
CS climate
where precipitation exceeds 10 inches
-prolonged summer drought of three of four months
-produces a unique array of grasses, shrubs, and trees
Temperate Deciduous Forest
C climate
- precipitation amounts of 30-60 inches
- summers are warm
- winters are cold
- yet no months below freezing
Evergreen Forests
D Climate
- temperatures average below freezing for at least a month
- precipitation is around 40 inches
- needleleaf replace the deciduous broadleaf trees
Tundra
ET climate
- 6-10 inches, mostly as snow
- consist primarily of low shrubs, reindeer moss, sedge, and grasses
Universalizing Religion
appeal to all peoples regardless of location or culture
Ethnic Religions
identified closely with a specific ethnic,tribal, or national group
Indicators of Development
HDI (life expectancy,education attainment,gender equity and GNI)
- Child Mortality
- Women and Literacy
the pristine myth
North America was fine until Americans arrived to spoil it
while in reality we have been impacting North America for thousands of years
race
defined by a phenotype
- skin color
- hair
- no biological basis
ethnicity
-shared values and customs of a group
language family
is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor,
What effect do bodies of water have on temperature?
Large bodies of water serve as a stabilizing element. It keeps the air on the land cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter.
What causes global climate change
-the widespread use of coal and petroleum as a part of global industrialization
biogeography
study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space
global circulation
the large scale movement of air by which thermal energy is distributed
tropical savannas
Aw climate
around 50 inches of rain
