Test 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Monsoons
Seasonal wins that bring either dry or moist air to an area
Renewable resource
A resource that earth replaces naturally for example trees soil sunlight water and animals
Front
The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moistures can meet
Extinct
No longer here
Fossil fuel
Nonrenewable resources that form in the remains of ancient plants and animals
Tundra
Cold all year it’s even cold along the Arctic Ocean
Ocean currents
March streams of surface seawater they move heat around the earth
Natural resources
Any material in nature that people use in value and can be used over and over
Nuclear energy
Attain this energy by splitting Adams
Nonrenewable resource
A resource that cannot be replaced naturally
Permafrost
Permanently frozen layer’s of soil
Petroleum
It’s a black liquid used for fuel and other products
Habitat
The place where a plant or animal lives
Hydraulic power
Production of electricity from water power such as running water
Samples of renewable resources
They are water, soil, trees, plants and animals
Know uses of petroleum
Petroleum is used to make boots, balls, rubber, oil and medicine
What are the disadvantages of nuclear power
Disadvantages are it is dangerous to produce and if an accident happens at a nuclear power plant you could have terrible effects
What is an ecosystem?
An echo system is a group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and the environment where they live
What happens when an environment changes?
Animals lose their homes and might die or stay and live where their home used to be
What is the loss of soil fertility called
Desertification
What are the main uses of natural gas
Mainly for heating and cooking
Where are more different types of plants and animals on earth and anywhere else
Asked to have food, food chain, sunlight and water
What do geographers look at to identify climate
Three things to identify climate are temperature, precipitation and native plant life
Nowhere warm ocean currents are carried
Away from the equator warm ocean currents head to the poles
