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SS Unit 2 6th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is rotation? | Rotation is the earth's spin on its axis |
| What is revolution? | Revolution is when the earth goes around the sun. |
| How does the earths tilt cause seasons? | The tilt on earth axis causes the mid latitudes to get direct or indirect sunlight which makes the seasons |
| What is the climate of high lats, why? | their climate is cold because the get indirect sunlight. |
| What is climate low lats, why? | they have a hot climate because they get direct sunlight, and they are on the equator |
| What is climate of mid lats, why? | they have a cool or warm climate depending if they are tilting away or toward the sun which effect if it is getting direct or indirect sunlight |
| What is climate as elevation increases, why? | it gets colder as you go up in elevation |
| What is a rain shadow? | an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean |
| Which climate is best for people to live in? Worst? | B: Marine west coast b/c cool summers, mild winters, ample rainfall W:desert b/c water source is very unreliable |
| What are tectonic plates? | one of the 16 pieces of earth's crust |
| What is a fault? | a place where two tectonic plates grind against each other |
| What is an earthquake? | a shaking or trembling of earth caused by the collisions of tectonic plates |
| What are the positive/negative of volcanoes? | Positives: can make new land (islands) negatives: can demolish farms and vegetation |
| What is weathering? | the process by which earth's surface is worn away by natural forces |
| What are the positive/ negative of agriculture? | P: increases amount of food N: Slash and burn; burning down forests for room to farm |
| What are the positive/ negative of dam building? | P: more jobs N: squeezes thousands into one area |
| What are the positive/ negative of deforestation? | P: More land for people N: less oxygen |
| What are the positive/ negative of urbanization? | P: more jobs N: squeezes thousands into one area |
| What are the positive/ negative of desertification? | P: N/A N: no water in one area, could be farm land etc. |
| What are the positive/ negative of mining? | P: Get energy N: loss of animals habitats |
| What is a volcano | mountain created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the earth |
| What is a fjord | narrow bay borrowed by steep cliffs |
| What is a mountain | land with steep sides that rise sharply from surrounding land |
| What is a valley | area of low land found between mountains/hills |
| What is a canyon | narrow valley w/ steep, high sides |
| What is a hill | rounded land w/ sloping sides smaller than mountains |
| What is a glacier | large thick body of slowly moving ice |
| What is a desert | large area of dry sandy or rocky land |
| What is a plain | large area of flat land, often covered w/ grasses |
| What is a delta | area of land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth |
| What is a river | stream of freshwater flowing through land |
| What is straight | narrow strip of water joining to larger bodies |
| What is a island | land area completely surrounded by water |
| What is a gulf | large body water that extends into the land; larger than a bay |
| What is a bay | large body of water that extends into the land; smaller than a gulf |
| What is a isthmus | narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land |
| What is a peninsula | piece of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean and is surround by water on three sides |
| What is a lake | large body of water completely surround by land |
| What is a plateau | area of high land, but flat, like a tabletop |
| What is a ocean | one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents |
| What is a acripelago | a group of islands |
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