Unit 1

Question 1

Location - Absolute

Answer 1

Where it is excatly (long. and lat.)

Question 2

Location - Relative

Answer 2

Where something is compared to another place (a small section of land)

Question 3

Region

Answer 3

A larger section of land that shares similar traits

Question 4

HEI

Answer 4

Human-Environment Interaction

Question 5

Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)

Answer 5

How we affect the environment and how the environment affects us

Question 6

Movement

Answer 6

How people, ideas, goods, ect. move across large distances

Question 7

Where is South America located (which hemisphere)?

Answer 7

Western Hemishpere

Question 8

What causes seasons?

Answer 8

The Earth’s shape (an ellipse)

Question 9

What season is it in Australia if it’s summer in the U.S.?

Answer 9

Winter

Question 10

What causes the El Niño weather phenomenon?

Answer 10

El Nino is a complex weather pattern resulting from variations in ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific.

Question 11

What is the El Niño weather pattern?

Answer 11

A weather pattern where dry, warm air from the Pacific is pushed back east towards the coast of the Americas.

Question 12

What factors into climate?

Answer 12

Latitude, elevation, the presence of ocean currents, ect.

Question 13

Where is the Tropic of Cancer on a map?

Answer 13

Map 1; Blue Line

Question 14

Where is the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 14

Map 1; Purple Line

Question 15

Equator

Answer 15

Map 1; Pink Line

Question 16

Where is the Arctic Circle?

Answer 16

Map 1; Green Line

Question 17

Where is the Antarctic Circle?

Answer 17

Map 1; Orange Line

Question 18

Where is North America?

Answer 18

Map 2; Red Dot

Question 19

Where is South America?

Answer 19

Map 2; Blue Dot

Question 20

Where is Europe?

Answer 20

Map 2; Green Dot

Question 21

Where is Africa?

Answer 21

Map 2; Orange Dot

Question 22

Where is Asia?

Answer 22

Map 2; Purple Dot

Question 23

Where is Australia/Oceania?

Answer 23

Map 2; Yellow Dot

Question 24

Where is Antarctica?

Answer 24

Map 2; Pink Dot

Question 25

Where is the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 25

Map 2; Red Square

Question 26

Where is the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 26

Map 2; Purple Square

Question 27

Where is the Arctic Ocean?

Answer 27

Map 2; Blue Square

Question 28

Where is the Indian Ocean?

Answer 28

Map 2; Green Square

Question 29

Where are the Rocky Mountains?

Answer 29

Map 3; Pink Area

Question 30

Where are the Andes Mountains?

Answer 30

Map 3; Purple Area

Question 31

Where is the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 31

Map 3; Blue Area

Question 32

Where is the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 32

Map 3; Green Area

Question 33

Where are the Himalaya Mountains?

Answer 33

Map 3; Orange Area

Question 34

What type of vegetation is in tropic climate?

Answer 34

Shrubs, tall trees, bushes, and grass

Question 35

What type of vegetation is in a dry climate?

Answer 35

Cacti and succulents

Question 36

What vegetation is in a mid-latitude climate?

Answer 36

Desert plants (cacti, prickly shurbs, ect.)

Question 37

How can one side of a mountain be a rain forest and the other be a desert?

Answer 37

All the perception is dropped up at the top of the mountains, leaving nothing for the other side of the mountain.

Question 38

What is biome?

Answer 38

An area of land primarily classified by vegetation and climate.

Question 39

What is climate?

Answer 39

An area primarily classified by weather.

Question 40

Where is the Southren Ocean?

Answer 40

Map 2; Yellow Square