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Question	Answer
What uses most of the world's fresh water?	Agriculture
Biggest earthquakes occur along	Subduction zones- Andes, Japan
Continental drift is caused by	Convection in the asthenosphere
Cloud identification	Cumulonimbus- thunderstorms
Low pressure	Doldrums/inter tropical convergence zone/equator/0 degrees
Flora and Fauna	Plants and animals
Folding results in	Synclines and anticlines
Frost shattering causes problems with	Road construction, many roads up north are gravel
Graben	A depressed block of land bordered by parallel faults
Horst	A horst represents a block pushed upward by the faulting
Hurricane	Low pressure, warm air picks up moisture over ocean
Polar regions	High pressure
Satellites	Used for weather forecasting
Study of weather	Meteorology
Thermal power stations	Burn coal -non-renwable
Troposphere	Where most weather occurs
Westerlies	Prevailing winds along BC coast
Tornado	mT air is surrounded by cP air, big pressure difference causes warm air to rise violently
Boreal/Coniferous	BC, NWT, YT, NFL, northern regions of all provinces
Temperate grassland	Southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Tundra	Northern NWT, Yukon
Temperate deciduous forest	Southern Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes except NFL
Tropical Rainforest	High temps and rainfall RF over 2,000 mm p.a. laterite soils greatest biodiversity/genetic diversity Hardwoods-mahogany, ebony latex deforestation
Temperate grassland/continental interior	warm summer, cold winter large temp range summer rainfall convectional rain snow in winter (NH) chernozem soils short grass, scattered trees wheat/canola.corn/cattle
Mediterranean/schlerophyll	warm summer, mild winter winter rain summer drought laterite soils schlerophyll/maquis/chapparal leaves small, leathery, waxy vinyards, citrus, olives
Monsoon	hot, wet season cool, dry season summer price very high laterite soils broadleaved deciduous hardwoods-teak deforestation
Tropical rainforest temp	high temps+rain
Mediterranean temp	winter rain, summer drought
Prairie temp	summer rain, large temp range
Monsoon temp	hot wet season, cooler dry season
Tropical grasslands temp	hot summer, warm winter, summer convectional rain
Tundra temp	long cold winter, short cool summer
Desert temp	rainfall 250-500 mm p.a.