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

3. False. Warm air rises and cold air sinks

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

5. TRUE

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

7. FALSE Tropical rain forests are our most diverse habitats

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

9. True

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

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

12. 6) What is desertification ?

13. The spread of desert like conditions

14. 7) What is climate?

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

16. 8) What is a front?

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

18. 9) What are natural resources?

19. Any material in nature that people use and value.

20. 10) What are fossil fuels?

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

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

23. A rain shadow

24. 12) What are three types of fossil fuels?

25. Petroleum, coal, and natural gas

26. 13) The four factors that affect climate are…

27. sun and location, wind, water, and mountains

28. 14) The_______ latitudes located near the equator.

29. Lower

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

31. Renewable energy resources

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

33. Temperature, precipitation, and native plants

34. 17) What are the five major climate Zones?

35. tropical, dry, temperate, polar, and highlands

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

37. Coal/petroleum/natural gas

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

39. Natural resources

40. What is this climate Zone?

41. Temperate/ Humid Continental

42. What is this climate Zone?

43. Highland

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

45. Dry/ Steppe