Unit 1 - Test Review Flashcards
Soil Building
Process where the breakdown of rocks and organic materials creates arable farmland
Biomes
A part of the biosphere that is determined by the plants & animals
Tectonic Plates
Enormous moving pieces of the Earth’s lithosphere
El Nino
Unusual warming of the surface of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean that increases precipital in North and South America
Weathering
Wearing away of the Earth’s surface caused by the wind, water, ice, or chemicals
Continental Location
Coastlines have mild stable temperatures while interior region have extreme temperature variator
HEI
How humans change and are changed by their environment (By adapting vs. modifying)
Soil-building causes
Arable Farmland
Water Erosion causes
The Grand Canyon
Convergent boundaries cause
Mountains
Volcanoes cause
Formation of New Islands
Earthquake under water cause
Tsunamis
Glaciation causes
Lakes
Divergent Boundaries cause
Rifts (Rift Valleys)
Convergent Boundaries form
Mountains
Divergent Boundaries form
Valleys
Subduction Boundaries form
Volcanoes
Transform Boundaries form
Faults
Biosphere
All living things (plants & animals)
Lithosphere
Non-living (soil & rocks)
Atmosphere
The air and other gasses
Hydrosphere
All the water
Rain Shadow Effect
The mountains high elevation causes only ONE side to receive rain (one has moisture and the other is dry)
How does elevation affect climate?
The higher you go the colder and the lower you go the warmer
What would be the climate of an area near the coast?
Stable/Average temperatures and precipitation
describe El Nino
describe Blizzards
describe Tropical Storms
describe Earthquakes & Tsunamis
