Resource and Economy Flashcards
(23 cards)
Wet/warm tropical climate dents with trees and plants, bananas, coffee, sugarcane.
rainforest
Tampa/grasslands summers are hot/wet, winters are cool/damp animals graze
savanna
dry little to no rain only drought resistant plants.
Desert
amount is important too much/too little = death
rainfall
Does it need warmth and how long?
Temperature
Higher up = colder/windier
Elevation
Hot and humid, rainy all year
Tropical wet
Hot and humid, rainy part of the year
Tropical, wet and dry
Summer hot/wet
winter cool/damp
Humid subtropical
Dry
Arid
Closer to equator warmer it will be
Location
Higher a place from sea level the colder it will be
Elevation
Can bring cold or warm air, depending where air comes from
Wind patterns
The ways that good resource resources services are produced and made available to people
Economy
To add variety
Diversify
Something in nature that makes a need. It can be grown mined or caught.
Natural resource
The way goods and services are produced and distributed
Economy
Depending on one resource or crop for the majority of the countries income
One resource economy
Too much or little rain, extreme temperatures, plant disease can ruin crops
Weather
Too much of the resource available around the world so prices drop
Surplus
Another country has the same resource and can sell it cheaper or make it better
Competition
Economy of country suffers causing job loss, which means people don’t have enough money for daily living expenses
One resource economy, fails
Diversify plant other crops, provide a new service, open factories
Solution for one resource economies that have failed
