Unit 1 : Chapters 1-2-3

Question 1

Be able to draw the ring of fire on this map: (Copy and Paste link)

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-z0JU5VpKz-uWlMXjEx2pNBn-nPddCuoVM78m-mzQG8/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 1

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mGPAcxpX3HRt41yM8QuunT70gia6DA5fumHJzNxfeVc/edit?usp=sharing

Question 2

In Polynesia, place Hawaii, Samoa, Easter Islands, New Zealand

In Melanesia, place New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia

In Micronesia, place Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati

Purple is Polynesia, Blue is Melanesia, Red is Micronesia

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jLsMZjGzaTfyKR6LAXIhHp4MmAhOSwjtAcjOV2vAV10/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 2

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VzxdFI-dBi2PhWS-2x8d3Ebgh2iz74eu4Ejtu0Nuzg8/edit?usp=sharing

Question 3

What is the continental drift theory? (in your own words)

Answer 3

Continental drift theory is that there was a big continent called Pangea. It eventually split up because of plate tectonics into the continents we know today.

Question 4

Why do Earthquakes occur? (Use crust, tectonic plates, mantle, core, slabs, subduction, collide)

Answer 4

The Earth is made of a crust, mantle, and core. The crust is made of tectonic plates that “float” on the mantle. The plates are unbending slabs. Earthquakes happen during subduction, or when one plate goes under the other. It also happens when two plates collide and slip.

Question 5

What are the five oceans?

Answer 5

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic

Question 6

What percentage of the earth does the Pacific Ocean cover?

Answer 6

28%

Question 7

What are the two ways tsunamis are caused?

Answer 7

Underwater Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions

Question 8

What is the last name of the man who “baptized” the Pacific Ocean “el Pacifico”?

Answer 8

Magellan

Question 9

What is the meaning of Melanesia?

Answer 9

Islands of Black

Question 10

What is the meaning of Polynesia?

Answer 10

Many Islands

Question 11

What is the meaning of Micronesia?

Answer 11

Tiny Islands

Question 12

True or False: Continental islands are still connected to the continent by an underwater continental shelf.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: Continental islands have a wider variety of plants and animals than volcanic island or atolls.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Volcanic Islands are often formed by the subduction of one plate under another.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

How were the Hawaiian Islands created?

Answer 15

They were created by tectonic plate movement over a hot spot in the earth’s surface far from the nearest plate boundaries.

Question 16

Low island can be
A. Volcanic high Islands that have been worn down nearly to sea level
B. Formed from coral reefs
C. Both

Answer 16

C

Question 17

True or False: The coral polyp is an animal.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What do corals eat?

Answer 18

Plankton

Question 19

True or False: Corals can reproduce with each other or without.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What percent of corals are endangered?

Answer 20

60%

Question 21

What is the goal that was set by the United Nations for the ICRI?

Answer 21

It is to stop and reverse the global destruction of coral reefs.

Question 22

What do algae give to corals that is essential to their life?

Answer 22

The algae help coral take calcium out of the water and help cement the coral skeletons together.

Question 23

What do corals give to algae that is essential to their life?

Answer 23

The coral gives the algae animal waste, which is plant fertilizer.

Question 24

Explain what happens when an atoll is in the making. (Use sinking and eroding volcano, barrier reef, lagoon)

Question 25

True or False: Atoll reef islands have no rivers and yet plants can grow on them because sands and corals can hold water.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False: Most plants and animals migrated across the Pacific from Asia.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

When is the winter solstice?

Answer 27

12/21 or 22

Question 28

When is the summer solstice?

Answer 28

6/21 or 22

Question 29

What does El Niño bring?

Answer 29

Bigger waves

Question 30

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Answer 30

Weather is the short term state off certain conditions at a given time or place. Climate is 30 - 50 years of similar weather patterns.

Question 31

What do trade winds help people do?

Answer 31

It helps them sail

Question 32

True or False: Trade windy occur during the rainy season.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or False: The “doldrums” occur during the rainy season

Answer 33

True

Question 34

What is the greenhouse effect? (Use sun’s rays, layer of gasses, trapped beneath, average temperature, suitable for life)

Answer 34

The greenhouse effect is when the sun’s rays pass freely through a layer of gasses. Some of the heat gets trapped beneath, and it keeps the planet at an average temperature that is suitable for life.

Question 35

Place the Equator, The tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn on the right places on the map:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12YruSBs2OQYPXpJcICIrcSuKYc_FfmKw2tqPZhtzFrI/edit?usp=sharing

Answer 35

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19cNof9PmAxuE2UUjwLgh6_uy7kTXbNzg24S-hJV3d88/edit?usp=sharing

Question 36

Why do we have seasons?

Answer 36

We have seasons because as the earth revolves around he sun, the tilt of the earth causes the sun to shine more directly on some parts

Question 37

List three reasons why global warming is of a particular significance for the Oceania island nations and territories.

Answer 37

1. The rising waters can drown low islands
2. It kills the coral reefs in the ocean so there are more frequent tropical storm
3. It brings more wide-spread diseases

Question 38

Preparing s’mores over an open fire, eating a burger, and driving to the mall are all contributing to ____________.

Answer 38

Global Warming