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