EOC Study Guide for APHG

STAAR/EOC Physical Geography Study Guide for APHG 11. ecosystem- 12. biome- CLIMATE/BIOMES 13. permafrost- 1. What is a monsoon and what is the difference 14. prevailing westerlies- between the summer and winter monsoons? 15. North Atlantic Drift- 2. What region of the world is affected by monsoons? 16. mistral- 3. What causes the changing of the seasons? 17. sirocco- 4. What two problems does Southwest Asia face with 18. taiga- their water and what are the solutions? 19. chernozem- 5. What is desertification and what area of the world does it affect? LANDFORMS/PHYSICAL PROCESSES 6. What is the orographic effect? 20. Name the three types of plate movement, how the 7. What is convection? move and what type of landforms they create. 8. What is the greenhouse effect? 21. What is significant about the Suez Canal? 9. What is the difference between weather and 22. What region is the Kalahari Desert found in? climate? 23. What is the difference between hydrosphere, 10. Describe the characteristics of the following lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere? climates zones and label them on the map: 24. What is the difference between mechanical and a) tropical wet- chemical weathering? b) tropical wet and dry- 25. What is deposition? c) semiarid- 26. What causes tides? d) desert- 27. What is erosion and what are the three types? e) Mediterranean- 28. What is erosion and what are the three types? f) marine west coast- 29. What are the 5 soil factors? g) humid subtropical- 30. Explain the continental drift theory. h) humid subtropical- 31. What separates Africa from Europe? i) humid continental- 32. What mountain range separates Europe and Asia? j) subarctic- 33. What physical feature causes the cultural k) tundra- separation of North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa? l) ice cap- 34. What connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in m) highlands- Central America? 35. What are pampas and where are they found? 36. What is an archipelago? Give 2 examples 37. Where is the Gobi desert and what is significant about the Gobi desert? 38. Where is the Ring of Fire and what is it? 39. El Nino causes the warming of what ocean? 40. What 2 bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal? 41. What are plate tectonics 42. How is a delta formed? DEFINE THESE AND KNOW WHERE TO LOCATE THEM ON A MAP, WHAT REGIONS OR COUNTRIES EACH IS ASSOCIATED WITH: 43. savanna- 44. steppe- 45. permafrost- 46. prevailing westerlies- 47. Cerrado- 48. fjords- 49. North Atlantic Drift- 50. mistral- ______51. sirocco- 52. polder- 53. taiga- 54. chernozem- SIGNIFICANT WORLD REGIONS 55. basin-  Africa 56. escarpment-  Australia 57. salt flat-  East Asia 58. drip irrigation-  Europe 59. desalinization-  North America 60. atoll-  Latin America 61. estuary-  Southwest Asia/Middle East 62. deforestation-  South Asia  Oceania HEI 63. What two problems does Southwest Asia face with NORTH/SOUTH AMERICA their water and what are the solutions?  United States 64. What is desertification and what area of the world  Mexico does it affect?  Cuba 65. Where is the Aral Sea located and why is it  Panama shrinking?  Brazil 66. drip irrigation- ASIA 67. desalinization-  Afghanistan  Saudi Arabia PLACES - KNOW WHERE TO LOCATE EACH ON A MAP,  Israel WHAT REGIONS OR COUNTRIES EACH IS ASSOCIATED  India WITH:  China  Alps  North Korea  Amazon Rainforest-  South Korea  Amazon River  Japan  Andes mtns  Singapore  Aral Sea  Vietnam  Atlas mtns EUROPE  Chang River  France  Continental Divide-  Germany  Dead Sea-  Portugal  Ganges River  United Kingdom/Great Britain  Great Barrier Reef-  Russia  Himalayas AFRICA  Mediterranean Sea  Nigeria  Mississippi River  Sudan  Pacific Rim  Sierra Leone  Panama Canal  South Africa  Persian Gulf SIGNIFICANT CITIES/CAPITALS  Rhine River  New York City, USA  Ring of Fire  Mexico City  Rocky mtns  London, UK  Serengeti Plain-  Shanghai, China  St. Lawrence Seaway  Chernobyl, Ukraine  St. of Hormuz  Mecca, Saudi Arabia  St. of Malacca –  Jerusalem, Israel  Suez Canal  Bangalore, India  Three Gorges Dam  Hong Kong, China  Ural mtns  Tokyo, Japan LEFTOVERS 68. What is the difference between the solstice and equinox? 69. Explain sustainable development? 70. Explain the water cycle. 71. aquifer- 72. oasis- 73. What are fossil fuels?