ch. 1-3 test
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- hemisphere
- each half of the globe
- moraine
- ridge/hill of rock carried and deposited by a glacier
- drainage basin
- area drained by a major river and its tributaries
- ring of fire
- chain of volcanoes that line the pacific rim
- tornado
- powerful funnel-shaped column of spiraling air
- biome
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regional ecosystem
forest, grassland, desert, tundra - savanna
- flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains in the tropical grassland region
- hurricane
- storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters
- decidous
- named characteristic of broadleaf trees such as maple, oak, birch, cottonwood
- tundra
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flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the artic ocean
climate region of the artic ocean - coniferous
- needleaf treas, pine, fir, cedar
- how would you describe the study of geography
- the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth
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what device is used to measure earthquakes
what does it measure -
richter scale
relative strength of an earthquake - what activities occur in the ring of fire
- volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis
- where do tectonic plates move past each other
- fault lines
- what are the 3 physical components of the biosphere
- atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere
- what are the 4 categories of relief
- mountains, hills, plains, plateaus