Geography Review

What is an Equinox?

• A plate tectonic.

• The cause of the earths tilt.

• High population density.

• When the time is almost exact same everywhere on earth.

What is a solstice?

• Where one of the axis poles are facing towards the sun.

• Where the southern and northern hemispheres would have the same amount of light.

• It makes the axis tilt.

• It shapes earth's landforms.

What is climate?

• It is a country.

• It is a non-renewable resource.

• The average weather in a area.

• It is a pull and push factor.

what is the tropics?

• The closest part to the equator.

• The warmest area on the earth.

• A internal way of shaping and changing the earth's surface.

• What they call high population.

How many time zones are in the world?

• 32

• 42

• 24

• 96

(pick 2) How are landforms shaped internally and externally?

• Internally by: Weathering, erosion, water, and wind.

• Internally by: population density, and Climate

• Externally by: Anything that touches the object.

• Externally by:

  breaking down, tornados, and other natural disasters.

What affects the climate of a place?

• Soil and plants.

• The latitude and elevation.

• Energy sources.

• renewable resources.

What is a pull factor?

• Good resources.

• Sun light.

• Earth's tilt.

• The amount of time zones.

What are some examples of a non-renewable resource?

• Tropics

• Elevation and wind

• The environment, Polar zones, and climate.

• Fossil fuels and minerals.

What is GMT?

• When the sun is shining right on the equator.

• The yearly average time of when the sun passes the prime meridian.

• It is a latitude zone.

• It causes four seasons.