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Unit one Test Review

Know your Chapters 1-3 vocabulary.
Be able to identiy the dierent Climate !ones" Climate #ypes" $eatures and %e&etation.
'hat type o natural disaster does the term (seismic) reer to*
Durin& _____________ very cold climates occur at the +arth,s north and south poles because the polar
re&ions are located urthest rom the +-uator and receive low-an&le isolation.
_____________ occurs when water and wind move across the land surace" droppin& material.
.t what /ind o plate boundary do tectonic plates collide*
'hat is thou&ht to be the main cause o &lobal warmin&" and climate chan&e associated with it*
'hich two plates orm the western coastline o North .merica*
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'hat is one o the main reasons that most people live within the middle latitudes*
Deine (1andloc/ed) and describe how it can ne&atively impact a country,s economy
+2plain e2actly 3usin& the plate names 4 ound on pa&e 35 in the te2t0 how the 6imalayan 7ountains
were ormed.
8ive 9 e2amples o how humans ne&atively impact the environment:
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'hat is (sea level)*
Describe the #he 8reenhouse +ect:
8ive several e2amples o weatherin&.
'hich two thin&s best e2plain why we e2perience our seasons on +arth*
'hich three main physical eatures have aected the history o many re&ions by isolatin& peoples and
cultures.
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'hat do scientists thin/ is the main cause o &lobal warmin& and the climate chan&e associated with it*
6ow does a coastal mountain ran&e impact precipitation* +2plain thorou&hly; (think Rain Shadow Effect)
6ow can the presence o mountain ran&es lead to natural disasters such as hurricanes*
Countries located on the e-uator can e2pect what type o climate and ve&etation*
.reas with rich ve&etative &rowth that receive between <= to >= inches o rain are usually /nown as
________________________.
6ow do ?ceans and water current inluence climate @ones***
Describe how altitudeAelevation has an impact on the types o crops &rown in an area.
'hat is caused by the rapid evaporation o warm ocean water late in the summer*
'hat is the most re-uent cause o maBor earth-ua/es*
'hich C main processes shaped the 8rand Canyon*
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Deine and illustrate 'ater Dhed:
1ist C ne&ative impacts o loods:
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'hat types o human activity mi&ht increase the amount or the hei&ht o loods*

#he processes on the earth are driven by heat ener&y _____________ the +arth and _________ the Dun.
7illion,s o years a&o" +arth,s continents ormed one &iant landmass called ________________.
1ist 3 orces that create the ocean currents*
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1ist E $actors that Fnluence Climate
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1ist a minimum o 3 ields that use &eo&raphic inormation systems.
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1ist some ways in which deorestation is lin/ed to economic development"
population &rowth" and environmental chan&e in rain orests around the world*
6ow do carto&raphers use &eo&raphic inormation systems to create maps*
'hat do 8eo&raphic Fnormation Dystems need in order to create di&ital maps*
1ist 3 ways &eo&raphic inormation systems can be used.
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6ow do you thin/ that 8FD technolo&y and 8PD e-uipment could be used to improve access to clean
drin/in& water***
1ist 3 dierent &eo&raphic -uestions that could be answered usin& &eo&raphic inormation systems
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Know the location and layers o the +arth.
Know the deinition" occurrences and reasons behind Plate 7ovements
Know the dierent types o erosion G be able to list one eature created by each o the dierent types o
erosion.
Be able to identiy maBor types o landorms and bodies o water.
6ow are the planets cate&ori@ed and why*
'hat asteroids are and where are they ound*
Between which maBor latitude bands can the high latitudes be ound*
'hich climate re&ions have the widest temperature ran&e*
'hat temperature is and how does it aect earth*
'hat happens as you &o hi&her into the atmosphere*
'hat is the purpose o the atmosphere*
'hat happens because o the earth,s tilt*
8ive some e2amples o places with a tropical climate.
'hat are the advanta&es and disadvanta&es o 7aps*
o 8lobes*
6ow do you properly write .bsolute 1ocation*
'hich do you always read irst - 1on&itude and 1atitude lines*
6ow can &eo&raphy be used*
Purpose and $unction o the 'ater Cycle and what does it maintain*
6ow can statistical data be used*
6ow can &eo&raphers use history*
'hat percenta&e o land and water are there on the earth,s surace*
'hat percent o earth,s water is salt water*
'hat percent*
'hat is the hi&hest point on earth,s surace* 'hat is lowest point on earth,s surace*
'hat is &roundwater and where does it comes rom*