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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
REVIEW QUESTIONS: CHAPTER 2,3,4
Chapter 2
1-define rotation: earth spins on its axis—1 x every 24 hours
2-define revolution: earth moves in its orbit around the sun 1x every 365 days
3-complete the chart:
Sun event
Winter solstice
Spring equinox
Where do rays hit
most?
23 ½ S
0
Season in
N.Hemisphere
Winter
Spring
Season in the S.
hemisphere
Summer
Fall
Summer solstice
Fall equinox
23 ½ N
0
Summer
Fall
Winter
spring
Chapter 3
1.Winds always blow from_____high pressure__ to _________low pressure____.
2.What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane? (think about where it starts)
-tornado-starts over land; hurricane is a circular storm that starts over water
3.What type of forest looses their leaves in winter?
Deciduous
4. What type of forest stays green all winter long?
coniferous
5.Which heats faster—land or water?
land
6.How is a rainshadow desert created?
As air hits side of mountain—it rises, cools & rains; on the other side is dry=desert
8.What is the difference between the terms—climate and weather?
-climate-long term pattern of precip and temp; weather—today’s temp/precip
9.Climate depends on what 5 things?
-latitude, elevation, ocean currents, wind pattern, landforms
10.For each description, determine the climate name.
Description
Climate type
Vegetation type
Hot & rainy all year; near
equator
4 seasons mid latitude
Tropical humid
Tropical rainforest
Humid continental
Dry all year round; low
latitude
Warm all year, but a dry
season & a rainy season
Mild temps with
considerable rain; found of
west coast of continents;
near water; mid latitude
Arid/semi arid
Deciduous & coniferous
trees; mixed or temperate
forest
Desert-semi arid
Rivers always
flow from
__high
elevation___
To low
elevation
Water
changes to
vapor
evaporation
What are the
3 main
external
forces of the
Earth?
What land &
water features
are created by
sheet
glaciers?
-plains, lakes,
rivers
Wind, water
& glaciers
When
continental
plates spread,
what is
created?
volcanoes
What is the
difference
between a
strait and an
isthmus?
What are the
5 major
natural
resources
Soil, water,
forests,
energy trees
Picture #1
Plateau
Tropic wet & dry
Tropical savanna with
some trees
Temperate forest
Marine west coast
What is the
term for the
“wearing
away of the
earth’s
surface’?
Erosion
Where does
most tectonic
(plate)
activity
Occur?
-middle of
continents or
Edges of
continents?
What are the
2 ways
mountains
can be made?
Fault, fold
What layer of
the earth do
people live
on?
crust
What happens
when rock
layers slide past
each other?
earthquakes
What is
Pangea?
Supercontinent
described in
Continental
drift theory
Liquid rock that
is on the surface
of the earth is
called?
lava
Inside the
mantle?
magma
What are the
results of
external
forces?
Landforms
that are lower,
smoother
Picture #2
Isthmus
Picture #3
island
How can you
tell whether a
landform is
young or old?
Old-smooth &
lower
Young-high &
jagged
Picture #4
Source of
river=mountains
Upstream-up
arrow
Downstream-
Strait-water
Isthmus-land
down arrow
End of riverdelta or mouth