chapter 2 physical geography a living planet. what is this physical feature?
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Chapter 2Physical Geography
A Living Planet
What is this physical feature?
Mesa
What is this physical feature?
Plateau
What is this physical feature?
Butte
What are a group or chain of islands called?
Archipelago
What is this physical feature?
Canyon
What is this physical feature?
Valley
What is this physical feature?
Isthmus
What is this?
Glacier
This is soft, low-lying grassy land that serves as a transition between
water and land?
Marsh
What is this area called at the river mouth?
delta
What type of body of water is inside of the Golden Gate Bridge?
bay
A narrow channel connecting 2 large bodies of water is called?
Strait
A body of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water? Larger than a
strait
Channel
What causes the seasons to change?
Earth’s tiltrevolution around
the sun
and
The changing seasons are marked by which four days?
WinterSolstice
Vernal Equinox
Autumnal Equinox
Summer Solstice
Which day is it if the direct rays of the sun are on the Tropic of Cancer?
Summer Solstice – June 21
Which day is it if the direct rays of the sun are on the Tropic of Capricorn?
Winter Solstice – Dec. 22
What is the date if the direct rays of the sun shine over the equator?
September 22 Autumnal Equinox
March 21 Vernal Equinox
or
What part of the biosphere is this?
Hydrosphere
What part of the biosphere is this?
Lithosphere
What part of the biosphere is this?
Atmosphere
What causes ocean currents?
Earth’s rotation + wind + differences in water temperature
Climate is determined by what?
1. LatitudeThe higher a location’s latitude, the less of what does it get?
Solar energy from the sun
2. ElevationThe higher the elevation, the colder the climate.
Why?
The higher in elevation, the thinner the air.
The thinner the air, the less heat it holds.
Temperature drops 3 ½ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation.
3. Topography• The topography of an area is what?
Landforms in a region - surface shape, composition, and distribution
4. Nearness to mountains or oceansCoastal ocean currents can make an area _________ or
____________ than it would normally be.
The three types of plate boundaries are:
1. Divergent What does this mean?
2. TransformWhat happens
here?
3. Convergent What is happening here?
Convergent: Continental/Continental
Convergent: Oceanic/Continental
Which type of rainfall is this and where does it occur almost every
day?
1. Convectional
Rainforest
Which one is this?
2.
Which one is this?
3. Orographic
Name these types of maps
A.
B.
A. Physical
B. Political
What is this called in the Atlantic Ocean? The Pacific Ocean?
Atlantic – Hurricane
Typhoon - PacificTyphoon TokageOctober 19, 2004