Geography Unit 2-3 Flashcards

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What is the least expensive way to transport Cargo

A

TRUCKS!!!

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What are the two different types of movement. And what do they each mean

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Flow-refers to the flow of people product and info

Systems-refer to pattern routes that connect places together

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2
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What are the five factors of geography

A
Land forms 
Climate
Water
Soil
Natural vegitation
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3
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Give a definition Ana an example of a landform

A

When living things survive in a very diverse landform region
Example
Sheep living in the Rickey Mountains

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4
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What percent of the earth is water

A

75 percent

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5
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What am I describing?

Long term weather conditions that can effect a living things adaptions

A

Climate

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6
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True or false

Soil is made up of worn rock particles and decaying organic materials

A

True

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7
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Name three ways of natural vegitation

A

Forests
Arctic tundras
Grasslands
Wetlands

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8
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What do people use natural vegetation for

A

Food
Building materials
And many other

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9
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Herbivores eat….

A

Plants

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10
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True or false

Carnivores eat meat

A

True

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11
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Human activity often causes…….

A

Oil spills

Improper waste

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13
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Name three things that the earth provides

A
Food 
Water
Clothing
Heat
Shelter
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14
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Name one thing that we do to the earth

A

Clear forward
Pollution
Build cities

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15
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What is a cultural landscape

A

The mark that humans leave on the earths surface

16
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What’s a type of cultural landscape

A

An urban landscape

17
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When protesters in 2006 protested on the highway again easy clear cutting a local forest what was the major problem

A

Companies were clear cutting forest and we were not receiving any local benefits

18
Q

Why do forest companies clear cut

A

International glants must operate cheaply

Cheapest way to operate rusting

19
Q

True or false it is difficult to re plant a forest that has been clear cited with seedlings of the same tree

A

False it is rather easy to do so

20
Q

Why do people oppose to clear cuts

A

Habitats are destroyed
Causes erosion the chocks streams with mud
Way of life hunting and fishing