World Geography 3200
Mid-year exam review
1. Compressional forces- plates that push together
2. Tensional forces – plates that move apart
3. Fold mountains are created by compressional force
4. Normal fault – tensional force
5. The location mountain, volcanoes,
earthquakes are found along plate
boundaries, such as the volcanoes
demonstrated in the diagram below.
6.
Youthful – v-shaped, fast flowing, and very steep
Mature river- u-shaped, slower flowing, less steep
Old age River – U-shaped, very slow flowing, very little slope
7. Vertical erosion occurs mainly in youthful age rivers
Lateral erosion occurs mainly in mature and older rivers
8. Drumlin – egg shaped landform that indicates the direction of glacial advancement
9. Arete- are characteristics of alpine glaciers, which is a knife like edge of a mountain.
10. Cirque- a characteristic of alpine glaciers, which is a large bowl shaped (circular hollow
cut) in the side of a mountain which occurred during glaciation.
11. Fiord –
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12. Spit_____________________________________________________________________
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13. Sea cave –
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Sea Arch –
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Sea Stack –
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13. Frost Fracture
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Exfoliation________________________________________________________________________
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14. Cloudy Sky affect temperatures on earth
- Cloud cover during the day cools temperatures
- Cloud cover during the night warms temperatures
- No cloud cover during the day hot temperature (desert)
- No cloud cover during the night cold temperatures (desert can go below 0)
15. Solstice
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16. Equinox
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17. Ocean currents
-Warm ocean currents come from the equator
-Cold ocean currents come from the north and south poles
18. Land breeze
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Sea breeze
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19. Leeward
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Windward
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Identify the windward and leeward side of the mountain: Windward X and Leeward Y
20. Temperature range –
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Example: Temperature range:
High
Low
+ 15
-3
+10
-15
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Note: When you go up in elevation, generally the temperature will decrease and
the precipitation will increase.
22. Ecosystem
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23. Food Chain
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Example : Grass --- grasshopper ----- mouse ----- owl
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26. Be- able to determine what season is happening in a particular hemisphere. Have your
teach give some examples
For questions:
1. know the types of rivers and the characteristics for each
2. know how human activity is affected by climate: example if we have a cold climate,
we wear warm clothing, our heat bill is more costly, we have hunting, fishing, snow
storms (closures), it affects our activities like ski-ing ski-dooing etc. Warm weather
would have a different affect on people (give examples)
3. list factors learned throughout the unit that affect the type a climate a region has?
elevation, altitude, how close one is to equator, how close one is to ocean, cloud
cover, ocean currents etc..
Be able to explain 2 of the above: for example: how close one is to ocean(if you live
near an ocean, your climate will have a low temperature range meaning summers are
not too hot because they are cooled by the ocean breeze and winters are not too cold
because they get warm breezes from the ocean.