Physical Geography

Question 1

7 continents

Answer 1

Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, austrailia, North America, South America

Question 2

5 oceans

Answer 2

southern, Arctic, indian, pacific, atlantic

Question 3

oceans

Answer 3

body of water surrounding land

Question 4

seas

Answer 4

body of water partially enclosed by land

Question 5

lake

Answer 5

body of water completely enclosed by land

Question 6

Earth’s layers

Answer 6

core, mantle, crust

Question 7

Plate

Answer 7

floats on the crust

Question 8

Subduction

Answer 8

oceanic plate(heavier), goes under continental(lighter) and melts and comes back up Makes volcanoes

Question 9

accretion

Answer 9

occurs during subduction as oceanic plate goes under continental the debri heats and the plates become one big plate

Question 10

Fold

Answer 10

when rock gets hot and makes a formation

Question 11

fault

Answer 11

where 2 tectonic plates come together and there is a crack and lots of earthquakes and tsunamis

Question 12

ring of fire

Answer 12

area around pacific rimthat has a lot of earthquakes and tsu;nanmis

Question 13

glaciers

Answer 13

frozen rivers valleys are U shaped

Question 14

Morraine

Answer 14

debris left by glaciers

Question 15

climat

Answer 15

long trerm atmospheric conditions

Question 16

weather

Answer 16

short term atmosphereic condiations

Question 17

tilt

Answer 17

what causes season and the wqay the ligjt fall

Question 18

equinoz

Answer 18

when day and night are equal

Question 19

solstice

Answer 19

either day or night is longer than the other

Question 20

wind patterns

Answer 20

heating and cooling of air

Question 21

prevailing winds

Answer 21

consistent wind patterns

Question 22

coriolis eggect

Answer 22

N winds are clockwise and s are counterclockwise

Question 23

wind pattern names

Answer 23

westerlies, trades, doldrums, and horse latitude

Question 24

ocean currents affect of climat

Answer 24

warm or cool the land

Question 25

El Nino

Answer 25

when currents change direction in pacific rim

Question 26

rainshadow effect

Answer 26

where land becomes desert because mountains are blocking all plant growth and rainy weather

Question 27

torpical climate

Answer 27

found along equator wet or dry

Question 28

tropical wet

Answer 28

daily rain found inasia africa and SA lts of wildlife

Question 29

tropical dry

Answer 29

wet and dry season few plants and short grass in africa asia austrailia and C and SA

Question 30

dry

Answer 30

has deserts and steppes

Question 31

deserts

Answer 31

little plant ife 10 inches of rain per year

Question 32

steppes

Answer 32

treeless grassland transition zone 10-20 in of rain per year

Question 33

midlatritude

Answer 33

4 subregions Marine west coast, mediterranean, humid subtropical, humid continental

Question 34

marine west coast

Answer 34

ocean winds coniferous and deciduous cool summers cool damp winters

Question 35

mediterranean

Answer 35

wood bushes and short trewes mild rainy winter hot sunny summers

Question 36

humid subtropical

Answer 36

prairies evergreen deciduous short winters rain all year

Question 37

humid conatinental

Answer 37

evergreen in N no ocean winds snowy winters

Question 38

High latitude

Answer 38

three regions sub arctic tundra and ice cap

Question 39

sub arctic

Answer 39

perma frost short cool summers evergreens

Question 40

tundra

Answer 40

dark winters lichen moss hsort grass cold summers

Question 41

ice cap

Answer 41

snow and ice upo to 2 mi thick lichen only

Question 42

canal

Answer 42

man-made waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or to carry water

Question 43

isthmus

Answer 43

narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses

Question 44

butte

Answer 44

isolate hill with steep sides and a flat top

Question 45

mesa

Answer 45

isolated flat topped elevationthat rises abruptly formt he surroundign area

Question 46

sea

Answer 46

large body of water partiall enclosed by land

Question 47

geyser

Answer 47

spring that throws forth jets of hot water and steam

Question 48

oasis

Answer 48

fertile area with water in the middle of a desert

Question 49

gulf

Answer 49

part of an ocean or sea extending into the land

Question 50

cape

Answer 50

large point of land extending into the water ususally at an abrupt angle

Question 51

lagoon

Answer 51

shallow body of water protected form the sea by snad bar or reefs

Question 52

fjord

Answer 52

long narrow inlet of the sea between hih cliffs

Question 53

delta

Answer 53

flat area of sediment deposited a thee mouth of a river

Question 54

prairie

Answer 54

large area of flat greaasssland

Question 55

plain

Answer 55

large area of flat land

Question 56

peninsula

Answer 56

area of land nearly surrounded by water

Question 57

island

Answer 57

area of land surrounded by water

Question 58

reef

Answer 58

ridge of rock coral or sand just above or below the surface of the sea