Chapter 1 (page 2)

The center of Pangaea is through to have been modern-day?

Africa

What is climate change? And what sort of formations on the earth does it heavily effect?

After a long period of time climates begin to change as a whole Ice glaciers

Wind is created through relationships of:

Air pressure

The Pangaea hypothesis proposes what about the continents of the earth

Continents were once joined in a single vast continent called Pangea

What landform is created where rivers meet the sea?

Delta

When plates slip past each other the result is a

Earthquake

The highest average temperatures on earth fall within a band of 30 degrees north and south of what important line of latitude?

Equator

Oceanic plates are thicker and less dense than continental plates. T or F

False

14What term describes rainfall caused by the interaction of large air masses of different temperatures and densities?

Frontall precipitation

,-What famous classification system is utilized to classify regional climates around the world?

Koppen clssification system

Another name for molten rock is________when it is below the surface and____________when it is above the surface.

Magma, Lava

What feature on the physical landscape CANNOT be explained by the theory of plate tectonics?

Mississippi River Delta

Massive, sometimes catastrophic, rainfalls are called______________

Monsoons

What type of rainfall results when air is forced to rise over mountains? (It has a specific name)

Orographic rainfall

In what sub-discipline of geography do researchers study landforms? (It is not geology)

Physical geography

13-Warm, moist air rises and becomes less able to hold its moisture as it reaches higher altitudes. The result is:

Precipitation

The drier side of a mountain range is said to be in the___________

Rainshadow

What is the theory of plate tectonics? How does it work? ( Briefly explain and know this well as you may see a similar question on the exam)

Show earths surface is composed of large plates that float on the top of underlying layer of molten rock. Oceanic crust is located under oceans where intense pressures created by large volumes of water made it dense and relatively thick.

As one moves away from the equator, average temperatures drop due to what phenomena?

Sun striking at a less direct angle

What are the two variables by which climates are usually classified?

Tepmp & Precipitation

Continents heat up and cool off much more rapidly than the oceans that surround them T or F

True

Human activity such as agriculture, forestry, and damming rivers can contribute to external landscape processes Tor F

True

Low air pressure is associated with warm temperatures Tor F

True

____________refers to short-term changes in temperature and other factors, while__________ is a long-term balance of temperature and precipitation.

Weather, climate

Through which landscape process is rock broken down into smaller pieces?

Weathering