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Unit 2: Physical Geography Study Guide for Test Learning Targets: 1. Identify the layers of the earth (crust, mantle, outer core, inner core). 2. Explain how Earth’s axis and revolution in relation to the sun leads to seasons. a. What is rotation? b. What is revolution? c. How does the Earth’s tilt cause places in the mid­latitudes to have different seasons? 3. Explain factors that affect the climate of an area (including latitude, elevation, wind and ocean currents, and landforms). a. What is the climate of the high­latitudes like? Why? b. What is the climate of the low­latitude like? Why? c. What is the climate of the mid­latitudes like? Why? d. What happens to climate as elevation increases? e. What is a rain shadow? 4. Describe Earth’s major climate zones and how they affect human activities. a. Which climates are best for people to live in? Why? b. Which climates are worst for people to live in? Why? 5. Explain forces that shape Earth’s surface (including plate tectonics, weathering, and erosion). a. What are tectonic plates? b. What is a fault? c. What is an earthquake? d. What are some positive effects of volcanoes? e. What is weathering? f.
What is erosion? 6. Describe human activities that change Earth’s surface (including agriculture, urbanization, dam building, deforestation, desertification, and mining). a. What is a positive and a negative of agriculture? b. What is a positive and a negative of dam building? c. What is a positive and a negative of deforestation? d. What is a positive and a negative of urbanization? e. What is a positive and a negative of desertification? f.
What is a positive and a negative of mining? 7. Identify different landforms and evaluate how they affect human activities. a. Be able to define each landform and identify an example of each one on a map. b. Which landforms are most desirable to live near? Why?