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1) Hot air is heavier than cold air. TRUE or FALSE?

False. Warm air rises and cold air sinks

2) Temperatures decrease as elevation increases. TRUE or FALSE?

TRUE

3) Our most diverse habitats are located in the highlands. TRUE or FALSE.

FALSE Tropical rain forests are our most diverse habitats

4)The natural disasters most likely to occur in our area are: tornadoes, blizzards, and thunderstorms. TRUE or FALSE

True

5) Reforestation in the term for cutting down forestland. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE. Deforestation is the term for cutting down forests. Reforestation is the term for planting new trees in the areas that were harvested.

6) What is desertification ?

The spread of desert like conditions

7) What is climate?

A region’s average weather conditions over a long period.

8) What is a front?

The place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet.

9) What are natural resources?

Any material in nature that people use and value.

10) What are fossil fuels?

Non-renewable resources that formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.

11) What is a dry area on the mountainside facing away from the direction of the wind?

A rain shadow

12) What are three types of fossil fuels?

Petroleum, coal, and natural gas

13) The four factors that affect climate are…

sun and location, wind, water, and mountains

14) The_______ latitudes located near the equator.

Lower

15) Wind energy, solar energy, nuclear energy, geothermal energy, and hydroelectric energy are examples of what?

Renewable energy resources

16) These three things are what geographers use to determine climate zones.

Temperature, precipitation, and native plants

17) What are the five major climate Zones?

tropical, dry, temperate, polar, and highlands

18) What are three examples of non- renewable energy resources?

Coal/petroleum/natural gas

19) Minerals, air, water, soils, and forests are examples of…

Natural resources

What is this climate Zone?

Temperate/ Humid Continental

What is this climate Zone?

Highland

What is this climate zone? What type of precipitation? Vegetation?

Dry/ Steppe