GEOG TEST 1 PART 2

Question 1

adiabatic lapse rate

Answer 1

rate of cooling with increasing altitude within the lower atmosphere

Question 2

orographic effect

Answer 2

wrings moisture out of storms by forcing moving air masses to cool as they are forced up and over mountain ranges

Question 3

What percent of water is available to humans?

Answer 3

3%

• 70% of that locked up in polar ice caps and glaciers
• 30% comes from groundwater
• leaving only 1% easily accessible

Question 4

Tropical Rain Forests

Answer 4

AF climate

70 to 150 inches of rain

Question 5

Tropical Seasonal Forests

Answer 5

AM climate

• have a distinct dry season
• only about half of what it is in rainforest

Question 6

Deserts

Answer 6

BW climate

where rainfall is less than 5 inches

Question 7

Prairies

Answer 7

characterized by thick long grasses

Question 8

Steppe

Answer 8

BS climate

• shorter, less dense grasses
• 5 to 10 inches of rain

Question 9

Mediterranean Scrub Woodlands

Answer 9

CS climate
where precipitation exceeds 10 inches
-prolonged summer drought of three of four months
-produces a unique array of grasses, shrubs, and trees

Question 10

Temperate Deciduous Forest

Answer 10

C climate

• precipitation amounts of 30-60 inches
• summers are warm
• winters are cold
• yet no months below freezing

Question 11

Evergreen Forests

Answer 11

D Climate

• temperatures average below freezing for at least a month
• precipitation is around 40 inches
• needleleaf replace the deciduous broadleaf trees

Question 12

Tundra

Answer 12

ET climate

• 6-10 inches, mostly as snow
• consist primarily of low shrubs, reindeer moss, sedge, and grasses

Question 13

Universalizing Religion

Answer 13

appeal to all peoples regardless of location or culture

Question 14

Ethnic Religions

Answer 14

identified closely with a specific ethnic,tribal, or national group

Question 15

Indicators of Development

Answer 15

HDI (life expectancy,education attainment,gender equity and GNI)

• Child Mortality
• Women and Literacy

Question 16

the pristine myth

Answer 16

North America was fine until Americans arrived to spoil it

while in reality we have been impacting North America for thousands of years

Question 17

race

Answer 17

defined by a phenotype

• skin color
• hair
• no biological basis

Question 18

ethnicity

Answer 18

-shared values and customs of a group

Question 19

language family

Answer 19

is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor,

Question 20

What effect do bodies of water have on temperature?

Answer 20

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.

Question 21

What causes global climate change

Answer 21

-the widespread use of coal and petroleum as a part of global industrialization

Question 22

biogeography

Answer 22

study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space

Question 23

global circulation

Answer 23

the large scale movement of air by which thermal energy is distributed

Question 24

tropical savannas

Answer 24

Aw climate

around 50 inches of rain