WG.2 Bingo: Physical World, Human and Environment Interaction, Climate
Hurricanes
Hydroelectricity
Humid Continental
Typhoons
Deposition
Highland
Monsoons
Erosion
Arid
Tornadoes
Rain Shadow
Semi-Arid
Volcanoes
North Atlantic Drift
Icecap
Earthquakes
Acid Rain
Tundra
Irrigation
Smog
Subarctic
Agricultural Terraces
Latitude
Tropical Rain Forest
Deforestation
Elevation
Desert
Desertification
Proximity to Water
Deciduous
Polders
High Latitudes
Breadbasket
Canals
Middle Latitudes
Savanna
Reservoirs
Low Latitudes
Chaparral
Aral Sea
Weather
Temperate Rain Forest
Chernobyl
Climate
Taiga
Westerlies
Tropical Wet
Continental Divide
Orographic Effect
Tropical Wet & Dry
Colorado River
Leeward
Marine West Coast
Mississippi River
Windward
Mediterranean
St. Lawrence River
Prevailing
Humid Subtropical
Rio Grande River
Physical & Ecological Processes
 Earthquakes (Seismic, Richter Scale, Plate Tectonics, Faults)
 Volcanoes (Ring of Fire)
 Erosion (Water, Ice, Wind, Gravity)
 Deposition (Sediment, Silt)
 Floods
United States and Canada Major Physical Features
 Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, etc.
Human Impact on the Environment (Where? What effect does it have?)
 Deforestation (Tropical Rainforests)
 Desertification (Sahel in Africa)
 Irrigation (Cotton farming in the Soviet Union dries up Aral Sea)
 Dams (Hydroelectricity, controls flooding, creates reservoirs, negative effect?)
 Canals (man-made waterways)
 Reservoirs (man-made lakes)
 Polders (Netherlands)
 Terraces (Southeast and East Asia)
 Acid Rain (North America, Europe, China)
 Climate change (everywhere)
 Smog (LA, Mexico City, China)
 Hazardscape (Chernobyl)
Climate
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Weather v. Climate
Characteristics (Precipitation, Temperature, Wind, Seasons)
5 factors that influence climate (Latitude, Winds, Elevation, Proximity to Water, Ocean Currents)
Prevailing winds, westerlies, North Atlantic Drift, Orographic Effect, Windward, Leeward, Rain Shadow
Low latitudes-Tropical Wet, Tropical Wet & Dry
Middle- Mediterranean, Marine West Coast, Humid Subtropical, Humid Continental
High-Sub-arctic, Tundra, Icecap
More than one- Semi-arid, Arid
Biomes and their corresponding climates
 Tropical Rainforest
 Desert
 Temperate Deciduous Forest
 Grasslands- Middle (Steppe, Prairie, etc.), Low (Savanna)
 Chaparral
 Temperate Rain Forest
 Taiga
 Tundra