Duplicate of Unit 2: Physical Geography

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

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

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

When does spring officially begin in the southern hemisphere?

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

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

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

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

All of the following are temperate climate zones, except:

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

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

Which of the following is the driest climate zone?

Which zone of Earth is the coldest?

When does winter begin in the northern hemisphere?

Evergreen trees with needles and cones

A farm that specializes in one (maybe two) crops

What is the leeward side of a mountain usually like?

Short and tall grasses adapted to cool climates

Helped prevent starvation in developing countries

Why do we experience seasonal change on Earth?

Rice farming is most associated with this type of agriculture

Which vegetation zone belongs in a cold climate?

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

What do the bars of a climate graph show us?

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

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

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

Tall trees with large leaves that remain green all year

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

Arid region with few plants

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

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

Which of the following statements is false?

Herdsmen looking for pasture for their animals to graze

Which of the following is not included in the lithosphere?

Which vegetation zone belongs in a tropical setting?

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

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

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

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

As elevation increases, temperature ___.

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

Hunters and gatherers followed migrating animals and seasonally growing plants

Trees with leaves that are shed before winter

What is it like in the mid-latitudes?

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

Growing cereal crops like wheat, barley, and corn

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

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

What is another name for the high latitudes?