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Low-pressure zone |
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High-pressure zone |
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What is Atmospheric pressure and how does it influence weather and climate? |
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What is the intertropical convergence zone and how does it influence weather and climate? |
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Climate type: Humid Tropical |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate Type: Desert |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate type: Seasonally-humid tropical |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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What is Orographic Uplift and precipitation. |
AKA "The rain shadow effect", this happens when wind forces air up over mountains. As it rises, air cools by expansion. The cooling causes condensation which results in precipitation. |
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What is Condensation and how does it influence weather and climate? |
The conversion of water from vapor to liquid. Condensation in the air creates clouds which can create rain or snow. |
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Summer solstice |
Occurs around June 20th to 22nd |
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Earth-sun relationship as it pertains to climate variations by latitude. |
Higher latitudes receive less sunlight because they are farther from the equator. |
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Winter Solstice |
Occurs around Dec 20th to 22nd |
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Spring Equinox |
Occurs around March 21st |
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What is convection and how does it influence weather and climate? |
Circulation in a fluid caused by temperature-induced density differences, such as the rising of warm air in the atmosphere. Convection causes ocean waves and wind |
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Autumn Equinox |
Capricorn. Occurs around September 23rd.
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Climate Type: Semi-arid |
Long, warm summers, cool part of the year. Located in transitional areas between deserts and more humid regions (low to mid lat). soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate Type: Humid Subtropical |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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What atmospheric phenomena best accounts for why humid conditions tend to predominate near the equator? |
Intertropical convergence zone |
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Which climate type is warm year-round with a pronounced dry season, and what is the general latitudinal range? |
Seasonally Humid Tropical, near the equator. |
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Hydrologic cycle |
1. Evaporation converts water into vapor and returns it to the atmosphere. 2. Water falls from the atmosphere to the ground through precipitation. 3. Once it reaches the ground, runoff caries it back to the sea where the process starts over. |
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Water Budget |
An accounting of the relationship between inflow and outflow of water in a given system over a period of time. |
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What role does vegetation play in the water budget? |
Vegetation produces avapotranspiration. Evergreen trees do this year-round whereas grasses do it seasonally. |
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What is the role of soil in the water budget? |
Soil stores water and makes it available for evapotranspiration. |
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What condition would be found on the leeward side of a mountain as a result of orographic uplift and precipitation? |
Arid conditions |
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What is the key difference between Humid Continental and Subarctic climates? |
Humid continental exhibits a warm summer and cold winter, whereas Subarctic exhibits a mild summer and frigid winter. |
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Climate type: Mediterranean |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate Type: Marine west coast |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate type: Humid Continental |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate type: Subarctic |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate type: Icecap and ice sheets |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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Climate type: Tundra |
General temp, location, soil type, biome and precipitation pattern |
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The Tropics, as it pertains to the Earth-Sun relationship. |
Located between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. |
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Angle of Incidence as it pertains to the Earth-Sun relationship |
The angle at which solar radiation strikes a particular place at a point in time. For instance, when the sun strikes the Tropic of Cancer it's called the winter solstice. |
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Population Density |
This refers to how many people or homes are in a specific area. For example: the number of homes located within 1 square mile. |
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Population Distribution |
This refers to how people and homes are arranged within a given area, such as a square mile. |
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Population redistribution |
This refers to rearrangements of population within a given area over time. |
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What ate the five themes of Geography? (Hint: L,P,H,M, R |
Location, Place, Human-environment Interaction, Movement and Region |
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Location |
A concept that refers to the physical presence of a geographic place or feature on the surface of the Earth |
Measured by latitude and longitude |
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Absolute location |
The precise location based on latitude and longitude |
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Relative Location |
A way to understand the relationship between places and how distance locations interact with one another physically. Example: Chicago became such a large city due to it's relative location to the Great Lakes, railroad transportation, iron ore deposits, etc. |
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Place |
A concept that refers to the wide range of human activities and human-environment interactions. A "Place" is where daily life occurs. Example: Times Square. |
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Human-Environment Interaction |
A concept that refers to the direct connections between humans and our biophysical world. It includes things like pollution, deforestation, climate change, etc. |
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Movement |
A concept that addresses migration patterns, river flows, population etc. This concept influences economic and political power. |
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Region |
A concept that refers to they way we divide and organize or world for easier study. |
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Formal Regions |
These regions have clearly defined boundaries that define both what is inside and outside the boundary. |
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What are some things Formal Regions are based on? |
These types of regions include cities and towns, dominant land use, and political regions. |
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Functional Regions |
This type of region is defined by its purpose. It does not necessarily have clearly defined boundaries. |
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What are some examples of Functional Regions? |
These types of regions include metropolitan areas (i.e. down town), sales territories, internet service areas. |
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Perceptual or Vernacular Regions |
Areas that we think of as having a distinct identity that sets it apart from other regions. |
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What are some examples of Perceptual or Vernacular Regions? |
Great Lakes Region, Wine Country, Pacific Northwest. |
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Latitude |
Imaginary lines that circle the globe from East to West. |
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Longitude |
Imaginary lines than run from the North Pole to the South Pole |
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Angular distance |
The space between lines of latitude and lines of longitude. |
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What is the absolute location of the equator and what is its significance? |
0 degrees N/S. This geographic feature separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. It is the starting point for measuring latitude. |
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What is the absolute location of the Tropic of Cancer? |
25.5 degrees North Latitude. This feature runs through Mexico, the Bahamas, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India and southern China. |
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What is the absolute location of the Tropic of Capricorn? |
23.5 degrees south of the equator. It runs through Austalia, Chile, Southern Brazil and northern South Africa. |
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What is the absolute location of the Prime Meridian, and what is it's significance? |
0 degrees East West. It creates a starting point for longitude. |
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What is the absolute location of the International Date Line, and what is it's significance? |
Approximately 180 degrees. It separates one calendar day from another. |
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What is the absolute location of the arctic circle? |
66 degrees North latitude |
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What is the absolute location of the Antarctic Circle? |
66 degrees south latitude |
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Hemisphere |
Half of the earth, usually divided by north or south, east or west. |
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Hydrosphere |
All water on Earth's surfaces |
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Lithosphere |
Rigid outer layer including the crust and upper part of the mantle. |
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Biosphere |
All living organisms on earth. |
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Atmosphere |
Gaseous area of earth. |
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