Geography Recap

Explain the difference between "weather" and "climate"

The sideways movement of air is called

• wind

• sun

• water

• seasons

The 5 major climate zones are: tropical, temperate, ______, dry and highland

• monsoon

• nuclear

• polar

• rainforest

permanently frozen layers of soil

• savanna

• habitat

• permafrost

• climate

A group of plants or animals that depend on each other for survival

• extinct

• ecosystem

• habitat

• monsoon

The place where a plant or animal lives is called its

• humus

• ecosystem

• resource

• habitat

When a species dies out, it becomes

• extinct

• humus

• desertification

• nuclear

Clearing trees from the land is called

• permafrost

• fossil fuels

• deforestation

• pollution

Decayed plant or animal matter found in soil

• permafrost

• humus

• coal

• fossil fuel

Renewable resources are replaced naturally by the Earth, such as trees. Name one more example of a renewable resource.