Unit One Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
The average weather over a period of time, usually a year | Climate |
The condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time | Weather |
What is Tierra Caliente, Tierra Templada, Tierra Fria, Tierra Helada, and Tierra Nevada. | Vertical Zonation |
Winds at the Equator | Doldrums |
Mountains that are too high for rain to go over | Rain Shadow |
Seasonal winds in South and Southeast Asia | Monsoons |
Tropical Storm in the Atlantic Ocean or east of the international Date Line | Typhoons |
The super continent | Pangaea |
The theory that the continents were once together but then drifted apart | Continental Drift Theory |
Earthquakes are measured by the _______________. | Richter Scale |
What sea is located in Russia and up untill 1960 was the 4th largest sea in the world? | Aral Sea |
Which dam is along the nile river and helps irrigate the land? | Aswan High Dam |
Connects two bodies of water. | Canals |
What is a man made area to store water? | Reservoirs |
_____ _________ is used to to farm on the side of mountains. This way of farming looks like steps. | Terraced Farming |
Loss or destruction of forest. | Deforestation |
Desertification | Process were land becomes desert like. |
Places on the earth that share unifying characteristics. | Region |
Countries that have certain traits in common. | Cultural Region |
Defined by common characteristics, such as product produced----Corn Belt. | Formal Region |
Central place and the surrounding area | Functional Region |
Popular feelings and images rather than by objective data. "Heartland" | Perceptual Region |
The world's largest desert. It is in Africa | Sahara Desert |
Is on North Russia and Canada. Has Coniferous Forest in the subartic. And is half of the world's softwood timber. | Taiga |
Areas of lush vegetation in tropical region's. It is found near the equator and is suffering from deforestation. | Rainforest |
Tornado Ally | Great Plains |
Parts of the world that are below sea level. Examples: Netheralands | Low Countries |
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