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Unit 2 physical geography (Five Components of Climate (Wind Currents,…
Unit 2 physical geography
Biomes
Tropical rain forest
Taiga
Tundra
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Grassland
Desert
Rainshadow
Dry side of mountain (desert)
Water Cycle
Precipitation
Collection
Condensation
Evaporation
Leeward and Windward
Windward causes wet areas
Leeward causes dry areas
3 types of precipitation
Rain
Sleet
Hail
Altitude and Elevation
Measurement above sea level
Hieght above sea level
Wind and Water Currents
Water Currents "rivers" of moving water
Wind Currents are"rivers" of moving air
High and Low Pressure
Low Pressure causes cool air to rise and precipitation
High Pressure causes sinking warm air and clear skies
Aquifers
Water filters in ground
Ground Water-water that filters through the soil
Five Components of Climate
Wind Currents
Water Currents
Precipitation
Elvation/Altitude
Temparature
3 layers of earth
mantle
core
crust
La Nina
East Pacific=cool water/low rainfall
Western Pacific=heavy rain/possible typhoons
% of Land and Water
97% of Water is Salt
3% of Water is Fresh
75% of Water
25% of Land
Earths Zones
Temperate Zone
Warm to Hot Summers
Cool to Cold Winters
Polar Zone
No Direct Sunlight
Always Cold
Tropical Zone
Warmest Zone
Always Receives Direct Sunlight
Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
El Nino
South America=heavy rains/ flooding
Australia,Asia,Africa =drought
North America = storms
Lifting
Lifting=when air masses make cold air to go straight and warm air to go up
Oragraphic Liffting=air mass forced to rise cause it hits a mountain
Convectional Lifting=air masses rise heated from below =causes storms in the summer
Boundaries
Transform Boundaries
Plates slide past each other at a fault, or crack in Earths surface
Divergent boundaries
Plates move away from each other -called drifting
Convergent Boundaries
Plates move toward each other and collide
climate
weather patterns that an area has experienced over a long period of time
Tempature=degree of how hot or cold a something is on a scale
Weather
Contenental Shelf
Weathering
Trenches
Weather
Land stuctures
Hills =round top low & high elevation
Rugged land = land with high relief
Plateau = flat highland
Plain = flat lowland
Plain = flat lowland
Mountains=pointed tops & high elevation
Flatland = land with low relief