geography mid-terms
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- tropics
- climate region at low latitude
- mt. everest
- highest spot on the earth's surface
- the sun
- the diagram
- 21-26
- see diagram
- acid rain
- chemicals in air pollution combined with precipation
- moriana trench
- is the lowest spot on the earth's surface
- high latitude
- subartic climate, tundra climate, and ice cap climate are in what major climate region
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- mouth
- the point where a river empties into another body of water is called
- avoid using up all the minerals in the soil
- some farmers practice crop rotation to
- geography
- is the study of the eartth and all its variety
- tropical climate
- the area of the earth labeled B on the map has
- Amazon Basin in South America
- the world's largest rain forest area is found in the
- contential drift
- the movement of the earth's huge landmasses is known as
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- isthumus
- is a narrow piece of land
- volcanoes
- madma can be seen in
- groundwater
- people's largest source for freshwater
- water
- about 70% of the earth's surface is
- land forms
- plain and mountains are examples of
- atmosphere
- the earth's surface 1000 mil thick cushion of gases is called
- l
- l
- monsoons
- seasonal winds that bring rain to South Asia
- prevailing westerlies
- in you lived near the Great Lakes of North America,which type of wind current would you experience
- cannons
- are steep- sided lowland formed by a river cutting through a plateau
- glaciers & ice sheets
- large masses of water in frozen form are called
- the earth to warm
- the green house affect may cause
- always the same
- the amount of water on earth is
- seasons
- are changes caused by the earth's year long orbit
- plateau
- is a flat area at a high elevation
- doldrums
- What is the name of the wind pattern found along the equator
- l
- l
- 365 1/4
- the earth takes - days to travel around the sun
- oceans
- most of the earth's salt water can be found here
- deserts
- the earth's driest areas
- tundra
- vast treesless plains that have a old climate
- 23 1/2
- number of degrees that the earth is tilted on its axis
- l
- l
- permofrost
- layers of soil that remains frozen year-around
- moon
- is a cold and rocky sphere with no water or atmosphere
- fresh water
- the water that is most important to humans
- warm winds
- What types of winds are the Northeasterly Trade winds
- North &/ and South poles
- Where do cold winds originate
- water vapor
- water held in the atmosphere in the form of gas
- coniferous
- evergreen trees with cones and needles
- mantle
- plates that form the earth's crust float on liquid in rock are clled
- atmosphere
- dangerous rays that are screened by the sun are called
- saltwater
- the water in the earth's ocean
- vegatation
- trees and plants are forms of