1. Chapter 2 Physical Geography A Living Planet

2. What is this physical feature?

3. Mesa

4. What is this physical feature?

5. Plateau

6. What is this physical feature?

7. Butte

8. What are a group or chain of islands called?

9. Archipelago

10. What is this physical feature?

11. Canyon

12. What is this physical feature?

13. Valley

14. What is this physical feature?

15. Isthmus

16. What is this?

17. Glacier

18. This is soft, low-lying grassy land that serves as a transition between water and land?

19. Marsh

20. What is this area called at the river mouth?

21. delta

22. What type of body of water is inside of the Golden Gate Bridge?

23. bay

24. A narrow channel connecting 2 large bodies of water is called?

25. Strait

26. A body of water connecting 2 larger bodies of water? Larger than a strait

27. Channel

28. What causes the seasons to change?

29. Earth’s tilt revolution around the sun and

30. The changing seasons are marked by which four days?

31. Winter Solstice Vernal Equinox Autumnal Equinox Summer Solstice

32. Which day is it if the direct rays of the sun are on the Tropic of Cancer?

33. Summer Solstice – June 21

34. Which day is it if the direct rays of the sun are on the Tropic of Capricorn?

35. Winter Solstice – Dec. 22

36. What is the date if the direct rays of the sun shine over the equator?

37. September 22 Autumnal Equinox March 21 Vernal Equinox or

38. What part of the biosphere is this?

39. Hydrosphere

40. What part of the biosphere is this?

41. Lithosphere

42. What part of the biosphere is this?

43. Atmosphere

44. What causes ocean currents?

45. Earth’s rotation + wind + differences in water temperature

46. Climate is determined by what?

47. 1. Latitude The higher a location’s latitude, the less of what does it get?

48. Solar energy from the sun

49. 2. Elevation The higher the elevation, the colder the climate. Why?

50. The higher in elevation, the thinner the air. The thinner the air, the less heat it holds. Temperature drops 3 ½ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation.

51. 3. Topography The topography of an area is what?

52. Landforms in a region - surface shape, composition, and distribution

53. 4. Nearness to mountains or oceans Coastal ocean currents can make an area _________ or ____________ than it would normally be.

54. The three types of plate boundaries are:

55. 1. Divergent What does this mean?

56. 2. Transform What happens here?

57. 3. Convergent What is happening here? Convergent: Continental/Continental Convergent: Oceanic/Continental

58. Which type of rainfall is this and where does it occur almost every day?

59. 1. Convectional Rainforest

60. Which one is this?

61. 2.

62. Which one is this?

63. 3. Orographic

64. Name these types of maps A. B.

65. A.Physical

66. B. Political

67. What is this called in the Atlantic Ocean? The Pacific Ocean?

68. Atlantic – Hurricane

69. Typhoon - Pacific Typhoon Tokage October 19, 2004