Midterm Questions Flashcards
What different kinds of vegetation are found in each climate zones?
Forest- rainforests
Grasslands- savanna
Desert- Sahara Desert
Tundra- Alaskan Coast
What are the factors that influence climate?
Wind currents and ocean currents
What explains the reason for seasons?
Earth’s tilt
What is the ring of fire?
An area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
What cause earthquakes?
When rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault.
The area where an earthquake originated is called the…
Focus
What is physical and chemical process that changes the characteristics of rock on or near the earth’s surface?
Weathering
What is tributary and what is a river basin?
Tributary- a river or stream flowing into a large lake or river.
River Basin- the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate- term for weather conditions
Weather- the condition of the atmosphere
What is a region? What are the different types?
An area or division.
Formal, functional, perceptional
What is the difference between absolute and relative location?
Absolute- the exact place on earth.
Relative- describes a place in comparison to other places around it.
What are the 3 ways man alters his enviornment?
Adaption, modification, dependency
What’s the difference between a non renewable resource, renewable, and an inexhaustible resource?
Non- limited supply(oil/coal)
Renewable- can be replenished naturally(wood, solar energy)
Inexhaustible- endless(sun)
What is desertification?
The process by which fertile land becomes a desert(drought, deforestation)
Define population distribution
The arrangement or spread of people living in an area.
