H PHYSICAL UNIT TEST REVIEW 1314
Use your notes and handouts + Chapter 2 & 3 online
LAYERS/SPHERES/PLATES
· 4 spheres
· Causes of and effects of erosion
· Plate boundary types
· Ring of Fire
· Creation of landforms (earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, etc…)
EARTH/SUN
· Changes of seasons/causes
· Equinox, etc…
CLIMATE/WEATHER/BIOMES
· 4 factors of climate
· Biome belts and corresponding vegetation
· Climographs
· Desertification
· El Nino
· Monsoon
· Natural hazards such as tsunami, blizzard, drought, tornado and HEI responses
· Vertical climate zones
· Horizontal climate zones
LANDFORMS pg 34 in the book or look online if you need a refresher
PENINSULA PLAIN
RIVER SOURCE RIVER MOUTH
STRAIT VALLEY
VOCAB – TERMS FOUND IN VARIOUS LESSONS
· Continental Drift (Remember Ice Age 4/Scrat)
· Precipitation
· Primary industry (jobs that extract resources from the earth – farming, fishing, mining…)
· Rainshadow/Orographic effect
· Renewable v non renewable resources
· Seismograph
· Sustainable development
PLACES – APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY TO THESE PLACES
Amazon basin Aral Sea
Asia Brazil
Himalayas Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean Sahel (Africa)
South Asia
HEI – BE ABLE TO CITE EXAMPLES OF HEI HAVING TO DO WITH THESE PLACES AND TOPICS
· Aral Sea and desertification
· Debt for Nature swap and Latin America
· North Atlantic Drift and Europe
· Sahel and desertification
· Seaworks and polders
LIVABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA
· Seasons of dry weather vs wet weather
· Regions in South Asia with highest populations
· Impact of Himalayas on Tibet regarding Monsoon season
· 3 main river systems and impact on climate
· dry regions of South Asia vs flooded countries/regions
· importance of Cherapunji, India regarding monsoons
TOOLKIT – BACK OF BINDER
L.A.N.D. P.S.O.S.
Mr. HeiLP Geography Jill or George
Goldilocks/climate
Unit 1 recall items
Types of regions Spatial diffusion
HEI relationships Big Geography questions
Horizons UNIT 2 PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST
1. Physical processes notes
2. Internal/External processes map & chart
3. Climate notes
4. Extreme weather map
5. Hazards video
6. Physical influences on Human Geog centers lesson
7. Analyzing climate questions
8. HEI reading guide
9. Monsoons notes and Livability chart