GEOGRAPHY Flashcards
Climate change
changes in long term temperature and rainfall
Quaternary period
last 2.6 million years ,the last ice age
Glacial period
cooler than average temperatures
Inter glacial period
warmer than average temperature
Global warming
Increase in global average temperature
Environmental refugees
People who have to move due to climate change
Ice cores
Provide data for the past 800,000 years
Human causes of climate change
Burning fossil fuels, Deforestation, Cattle farming
Natural causes for climate change
Sunspots, Orbital theory,Volcanic eruptions
MWP impacts
Drought in California, Wine grapes grown in northern England
LIA impacts
Food prices increased, Fish migrated further south
Polar region in south
Antartic
Polar region in north
Artic
Latitude of polar regions
60-90degrees
4 Layers of earth
Crust, Mantle, Inner core, Outer core
Focus
The point where the rock moves
Epicenter
Directly above the focus on the earths surface
Tropical storms
Typhoons, Cyclones, Hurricanes
Super volcanoes
240 cubic miles of material or VEI 8
Composite volcanoes
Steep sided cone shape, sticky lava, violent eruptions, ash, hot gases
Shield volcanoes
Gently sloping sides, gentler eruptions, runny lava,
occur at constructive margins
What is used to measure earthquakes?
Seismometer
Scale earthquakes are measured on
Richter scale
Which direction does winds blow in?
West to East
Were does warm water move to?
South America
Which part receives more rainfall?
South America
Which part receives less rainfall?
AUSTRALIA AND ASIA
Were is Sahel region?
Northern Africa
conservative
Plates slide past each other or along side
each other at different speeds .
Causes earthquakes
constructive
Plates move apart (oceanic) and magma
rises
Forms new land and volcanoes
Destructive
- Plates move towards each other
- Oceanic plate moves under the continental
plate - Oceanic plate melts and magma rises
- Causes earthquakes and volcanoes
Collision
- Continental plates move towards
each other and collide - The plates crumple up and form
fold mountains