WG Unit 1 Review

The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain, and cannot cross to the leeward side, so it releases in the windward side

• Orographic Effect

• Butterfly Effect

• Gravity & Convergent
• convection & gravity

What causes arches, caves, sea stacks, & canyons,

• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere

• Erosion

Two tectonic plates splitting apart that cause oceanic ridges & rift valleys is what movement?

• Convergent
• Transform
• Divergent

Which of the following is NOT a Formal Region?

• Dallas County
• Africa
• NYC
• Richardson ISD

a triangular area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river

• Isthmus

• Delta

• Atoll

• Alluvial Plain

Tectonic plates merging together that create mountains & volcanoes is what movement? 

• Diverging
• Transorm
• Converging

Which latitude has freezing temperatures and include polar tundra?

• Low Latitude
• Middle Latitude
• Tropics
• High Latitude

All WATERS on the Earth's surface are part of which sphere?

• Hydrosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Atmosphere

 The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere and creates arches and canyons is-

• Plateau
• Weathering

• Valley
• Dome rock

Which is a Perceptual Region?

• Dart rail
• State of Texas
• City of Dallas
• The South aka The Bible Belt