Study Guide For Unit 1:

Define the following words:

Coriolis Effect
Revolution
Rotation
Converging Plates
Diverging Plates
Subduction

Transformation
Cardinal Directions
El Nino
Latitude Ranges
Lahar
Tsunami

Relative Location
Absolute Location
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere

1) What causes plate tectonic movement?

2) What sphere would an earthquake be a part of?
3) What are the two most important factors in determining climate?
4) What causes hurricanes to spin in different directions depending on the
hemisphere they are in?
5) What is El Nino and how does it affect rainfall in Texas?
6) How does temperature vary between coastal areas and inland?
7) Please tell me where these climates are found (low/tropical, middle or high
latitudes):
a. Tropical Wet
b. Arid (desert)
c. Marine West Coast
d. Subarctic
8) What is subduction? Name two types of natural disasters that are likely to
occur due to subduction and where on Earth this is most likely to happen.
9) What is the difference between rotation and revolution? Which is most
responsible for the seasons on Earth?

Study Guide For Unit 1:

10) What is human environmental interaction? Please give one example.
11) What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
12)What is the difference between a modification and an adaptation?

13) For each climate zone think of some issues that natives would have in that
zone.
a. Low-Latitudeb. Middle-Latitudec. High-Latitude14)Draw a globe and label the following:
a. Equator
b. Tropic of Cancer
c. Tropic of Capricorn
d. High Latitude Zone (Shade Blue)
e. Middle Latitude Zone (Shade Green)
f. Low latitude Zone (Shade Red)