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Geography exam review Flashcards

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1
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5 features of a map

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title scale compass legend latitude londitude

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How are metimorphic rocks formed

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rocks are subjected by heat/ high pressure

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3
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how are sedimentry rocks formed

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formed from other peaces of rocks

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4
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how are igneous rocks formed

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megma looses heat and turne crystal

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5
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sedimentry rock example

A

sandstone limestone

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6
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igneous rock example

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crystal

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7
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metamorphic rock example

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marble slate

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8
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Alfred wegners theiory

A

all continents were once connected

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9
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divergent

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2 plates move away

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10
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convergent

A

2 plates move come together

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11
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sublimation

A

convertion between solid and gasses

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12
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transform

A

2 techtonic plates slide past

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13
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volcanoes work

A

megma pushes through vents on the earth

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14
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glaciers work

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form from snow turns into ice then grows under the pressure of its weight

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15
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top soil

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very thin and full of orgnic material

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16
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sub soil

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mostly non organic material

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17
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parent marerial

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brocken up bedrock

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18
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deciouous trees

A

leaves that fall during the cold

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19
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coniferous trees

A

needle like leaves that reproduce through cones

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20
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calcification

A

calcium carbinates soils

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21
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leaching

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loss of souuble dirt from top soil layer

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22
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4 natural vegitation regions

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tundra, grassland, rain forest, ice sheets

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23
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convectional

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how heat travels

24
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relief

A

moist air is lifted by mountain range

25
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cyclone

A

wind rotaing circular at fast speeds

26
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weather

A

short term changes is climate

27
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climate

A

weather over long periods of time

28
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6 factors of climate

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latitude, near water, human influence, wind and air, ocean currents, elevation

29
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Primary industry

A

harvest raw material from nature

30
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secondary industry

A

convert raw material

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teritary industry

A

serveces and bussiness

32
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quaternary

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govnerment, healthcare

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basic industries

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brings money from outside

34
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non basic inistries

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serveces within community

35
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renewable reasorces

A

replenish itself at a fast rate

36
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non renewable reasorces

A

has limited supply

37
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sustanability

A

maintain or support somthing over time

38
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ecological footprint

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the impact you or somthing has on the environment

39
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stewardship

A

taking care of something

40
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solor energy generations

A

converts suns energy into power

41
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hydroshere

A

diffrent water found on earth

42
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3 types of setlement patterns

A

concession system, long lots, section system

43
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rural

A

open country/land

44
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urban

A

large city

45
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immigration

A

coming into another country to live permently

46
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emigration

A

leaves onse country to live in another

47
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BR=

A

Birth rate(BR/TP)x1000

48
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Dr=

A

Death rate (DR/TP)x1000

49
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NIR=

A

natural increase rate (BR-DR) _ /1000 x 100

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IR=

A

Immigration rate (IR/TP) x1000

51
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ER=

A

Emmigration rate (ER/TP) x1000

52
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NMR=

A

Net migration rate (IR-ER) _/1000 x100

53
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PGR=

A

population growth rate (NIR + NMR) _/1000 x100

54
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DT=

A

Doubling time (70/PGR)

55
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rock cycle in order

A

Megma - ingeous - sediment - sedimentry - metamorphic

56
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Rock cycle prosses order

A

melting - cooling - heating - weather and erosion - heat and pressure

Geography rock cycle & Geologic history (3 decks)

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