Dry and Rainy Seasons in Africa (from satellite)

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MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

Name: __________________________________________________________________ Date: __________________

MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE

1. Vocabulary
   
   1. Section 1.1
      
      1. geography
         
      2. environment
         
      3. spatial
         
      4. region
         
      5. location
         
   2. Section 1.2
      
      1. database
         
      2. globe
         
      3. cartographer (person)
         
      4. Global Positioning System (GPS)
         
      5. atmosphere
         
   3. Section 1.3 (people)
      
      1. surveyor
         
      2. urban planner
         
      3. location analyst
         
      4. climatologist
         
   4. Section 2.1
      
      1. atmosphere
         
      2. crust
         
      3. mantle
         
      4. outer core
         
      5. inner core
         
      6. continents
         
      7. Pangaea
         
      8. volcano
         
      9. earthquake
         
      10. tectonic plates
          
          1. spreading
             
          2. colliding
             
          3. diving
             
          4. sliding
             
      11. Ring of Fire
          
      12. magma
          
      13. weathering (how is it different from erosion?)
          
      14. erosion (how is it different from weathering?)
          
      15. glaciers
          
   5. Section 2.2 – Bodies of Water and Landforms
      
      1. fresh water
         
      2. salt water
         
      3. drainage basin
         
      4. ground water
         
      5. hydrologic cycle
         
      6. atmosphere
         
      7. evaporation
         
      8. condensation
         
      9. precipitation
         
      10. runoff
          
      11. landforms
          
          1. how do earthquakes and volcanoes create new landforms?
             
   6. Section 2.3 – Climate and Vegetation
      
      1. equator
         
      2. solstice
         
      3. equinox
         
      4. North Pole
         
      5. South Pole
         
      6. tropical zone
         
      7. temperate zone
         
      8. arctic zone
         
      9. longitude
         
      10. precipitation
          
      11. climate (how is it different from weather?)
          
      12. weather (how is different from climate?)
          
2. Pictures
   
   1. You must know how to draw and explain...
      
      1. the earth's rotation
         
      2. wind erosion
         
      3. water erosion
         
      4. ice erosion
         
      5. the hydrological cycle
         
      6. earthquakes and volcanoes creating new landforms
         
      7. tectonic plate movements (colliding, spreading, diving, and sliding)
         
3. HINTS
   
   1. First, make sure you know how to draw everything
      
   2. Second, make sure you know the vocabulary words
      

Finally, think of how to write the answers.