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Study Guide Chapter 3

Use Worksheets and pg 26-70

1. Which type of climate can occur at many different latitudes?

2. When an environment changes, What can happen?

3. Nameone advantage and one disadvantage of nuclear energy

4. List 3 Renewable resources and 3 non-renewable Resources

5. Describe the Mediterranean Climate. (summer and Winters)

6. Describe the Humid Continental Climate. (summers and winters)

7. What lines are located at 30 degrees North and 30 degrees South?

8. What is desertification?

9. List the factors that affect the amount of the sun's energy the earth receives.

10. How does a highland climate change?

11. List 5 items that can be made out of petroleum?

 12. What are the 2 types of dry climates

13. Define Ecosystem

14. List 3 factors that geographers use to identify climates

15 Name 2 substances that are needed in soil to support abundant plant life

16. Which climate contains more types of plants and animals than anywhere on earth?

17. What are the 2 main uses of Natural Gas?

18. Do ocean currents carry warm toward the equator or poles?

19. Does earth rotation cause prevailing winds to curve East to West or North to South

20. What has to be in an area for dams to work and how does it affect the area?

21. What are the most common Plants in a steppe Climate

22. What Climates are included in the Temperate zone?

23. What is the gulf stream?

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Natural Resources

Ocean Currents-

Permafrost-

Monsoons

Habitat-

Extinct

Fossil Fuels

Renewable resources

Tundra Climate

Front-

Ecosystem

Prevailing Winds