Unit 1 Review Flashcards
An earthquake is part of which sphere?
Lithosphere
Tectonic plate movement may be cause by what factors?
Slab pull, ridge push, and convection
What is the most likely cause of a plateau?
Tectonic movement
What factor is most important in determine a type of climate?
Latitude
As a river reaches its mouth, it is often affected by incoming tides, resulting in a landform called a
Delta
How does an El Niño affect texas?
Increases rainfall
Where would the majority of marine west coast climates be located?
Middle latitudes
What can high levels of volcanic tectonic activity creat in an ocean environment?
Tsunamis
What is true about temperature rangers in areas located near oceans as compared with inland areas?
Ranges don’t vary much because water heats and cools more slowly
Name the innovation had the effect of producing electricity and improving farming?
Dams
Where would a warm rainforest biome be located?
Tropical latitudes
Where would an Alaskan black bear likely thrive?
High latitudes
What is an example of technological innovation that allows someone to adapt to his environment?
Insulating attic space
How have countries like Israel benefited from desalinization?
Desalinization provides fresh water where the resource is limited
If you wanted to study the physical characteristics of the gulf coastal plain region of the United States, you should select maps for the region that show…
Vegetating
What season is it in china on the June 21st solstice?
Summer
What is most directly responsible for the different seasons on earth?
Revolution
When does the northern hemisphere have the warmest climate?
It is tilted most directly towards the sun
What is directly responsible for the rotation pattern of hurricanes and typhoons?
The Coriolis effect
List the physical factors that the states of the great plans region will have in common
Climate, elevation, and land forms
Relative location
Directional terms
Absolute location
Longitude/latitude
What is the major concern in the development of technology in a sustainable society?
How the future will be effective
What explains why low-growing plants in the attic biome thrive only in the spring and summer months?
The biome receives the greatest amount of solar energy during the spring and summer and months.
Name the characteristic is common to all the countries between the tropic Capricorn
A warm climate
