Duplicate of Unit 2: Physical Geography

Happened at the same time as the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain

A farm that specializes in one (maybe two) crops

When a city is close to a body of water, it will experience:

Which vegetation zone belongs in a tropical setting?

Of all the water on Earth, how much of it is saltwater?

All of the following are temperate climate zones, except:

What do we call the nearly circular path the Earth follows around the Sun?

Helped prevent starvation in developing countries

Utilized mechanization, enclosure, and crop rotation for the first time

If a city has continentality, where can it be found?

Which of the following is not included in the lithosphere?

If you go up 1,000 feet, how much will temperature fall?

What do we call a day when the Sun's direct rays strike the Equator?

What is the leeward side of a mountain usually like?

When does winter begin in the northern hemisphere?

Tall trees with large leaves that remain green all year

Which of the following is the driest climate zone?

Growing wheat, grapes, olives, and citrus fruits in Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and SW Asia

Rice farming is most associated with this type of agriculture

Arid region with few plants

Grasses and scattered trees adapted to a tropical wet and dry climate

What season is it for us when the Sun's direct rays strike the Tropic of Capricorn?

Focussed on producing more wheat, rice, and barley using GMOs and chemical fertilizers/pesticides

Growing cereal crops like wheat, barley, and corn

Trees with leaves that are shed before winter

What is another name for the high latitudes?

When mountains ranges have a wet and dry side, we call this the:

What do we call the day when the sun's direct rays strike the Tropic of Cancer?

When does spring officially begin in the southern hemisphere?

Hunters and gatherers followed migrating animals and seasonally growing plants

Integrating plants and animals on one piece of land; animals eat plants and manure acts as a fertilizer

How long does it take the Earth to complete one full revolution around the Sun?

Which zone of the Earth is found in between the Tropics?

Short and tall grasses adapted to cool climates

Which of the following is NOT a cold climate zone found in the high-latitudes?

What is it like in the mid-latitudes?

What do the bars of a climate graph show us?

Why do we experience seasonal change on Earth?

Which of the following statements is false?

Using the slash-and-burn technique to clear tropical rainforests for planting

Plants and animals were domesticated for the first time around 10,000-12,000 years ago

The Gulf Stream brings ___ water to our Atlantic coast and the California current brings ___ water to our Pacific coast.

A treeless plain with grasses, mosses, and scrubs adapted to a cold climate

Herdsmen looking for pasture for their animals to graze

As elevation increases, temperature ___.

Which zone of Earth is the coldest?

Which vegetation zone belongs in a cold climate?

Which two gases make up the majority Earth's atmosphere?

Evergreen trees with needles and cones

What percentage of the Earth's surface does the hydrosphere cover?