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Eastern Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Place | Physical; landforms, climate, vegetation Human; Population type, density, culture, architecture, religion |
| Movement | Transportations, city growth and decline, imact on economics |
| Region | Formal: Showing it's relating factors Functional: Organizing |
| Human-Environment Interactions | Changes in environment; deforestation and farmland Changes in people: jobs and languages |
| Latitude/Longitude | Latitude - N/S of Equator 0-90 Longitude - E/W of Prime Meridian 0-180 |
| Solstice | The max tilt away or towards the sun |
| Equinox | 12 Hours of Daylight/Darkness Sun falls equally across whole world |
| Cartogram | Size of region proportional to data set (in back of room) |
| Physcial Map | Shows landforms, water, heught of land above sea level |
| Political Map | Shows human made features |
| Core | Made of iron and nickel with solid inner and liquid outer. Also creates magnetic field |
| Mantle | Several rocky layers and mostly liquid rock (AKA magma) |
| Crust | Very thin and cracked in pieces |
| Subduction | Creates: Volcano *Need ocean and continental plate* |
| Converging | Creates: Mountains |
| Faulting | Creates: Earthquakes |
| Diverging | Creates: New plate |
| Tectonic Plates | Ocean - Heavier, lower in magma, made of basalt Continental - Lighter, higher in magma, made of magnesium |
| Weathering | Physical - Big pieces; water wind and ice Chemical - Dissolved by water Biological - Plant action |
| Erosion | Movement of particles on earth's surface |
| Causes of Erosion | Water, wind, earth's surface, glaciers, waves |
| Surface Rebound | When top layers are broken down and more rise from magma |
| Soil | Composed of organic and inorganic material |
| Erosion vs. Weathering | Weathering - Breaks down particles Erosion - Moves particles |
| Tornado vs. Hurricane | Hurricane - Faster winds, longer, oceans, less frequent, larger Tornado - Shorter, land, more frequent, smaller |
| River Youth | Rocky; straight and rapid course |
| Older River | Slows Down |
| Oxbow Lakes | Created by extreme meanders |
| Coriolos Effect | Wind is bent |
| Jet Stream | Faster flowing upper air |
| Ocean Currents | Water is pushed by winds and stable and predictable |
| Connvectional Precipitation | Moist air rises, cools, water capor condenses and falls at the equator |
| Orographic Precipitation | Warm mass of air is forced to rise over mountains |
| Frontal Precipitation | Warm/Cool air mass meets |
| Desert Vegetation Adaptions | Roots are wide/deep, store water, short life cycle |
| Rainforest Vegetation | Desnse growing tall trees, canopy, minimal undergrowth |
| Tundra Vegetation | Small plants, lichens, wildflowers |
| Charparral | Small evergreens, shrub and leathery leaves |
| Grassland | Wet and dry season, needs fires for new growth |
| Things that impact vegetation type | More precipitation - bigger and more vegetation Cooler Climates - don't need as much precipitation |
Created by:
Elly Smith
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