Physical Processes

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Geography Jeopardy!Physical Geography

Final Jeopardy! Question Physical Geography

Latitudinal Zones

Theory that explains how forces within the

planet create landforms

Plate tectonics

Physical Processes 100

Two plates move across each other at this

Fault

Physical Processes 200

Natural disaster caused by separation, colliding,

subduction, or transformation of plates

Earthquake

Physical Processes 300

Folding or SubductionMountains are formed

when plates do this

Physical Processes 400

Hot magma, gasses and water pour out of an

opening in the earth’s crust, usually on a plate

boundary.

Volcano

Physical Processes 500

The reason for this…

Elevation

LEMPOSA100

Makes the climate in Western Europe warmer

than Canada (at the same latitude)

Ocean Currents

LEMPOSA200

Not necessarily an element of climate, but they do occur regularly in certain parts of the

world and are associated with certain

climates

Storms

LEMPOSA300

The reason why the Mojave Desert is

directly inland from the Sierra Nevada

Mountains

Mountain Barrier (Orographic) Effect

LEMPOSA400

The reason why California stays warm

in the winter and not too hot in the summer

Proximity to Water

LEMPOSA500

This climate zone is found in the upper-mid latitudes near the West

Coast and has temperate evergreen forests

Marine West Coast

Climate Zones100

This climate zone receives less than 10

inches of rain

Desert

Climate Zones200

This climate zone is cold all year, with

permanently frozen ground that only allows moss, lichens, and low

shrubs to grow

Tundra

Climate Zones300

This climate zone is home of the rainforest

Tropical Wet

Climate Zones400

This climate zone contains no vegetation.

Ice cap

Climate Zones500

LeewardThe inner (dry) side of a

mountain range

Concepts100

HydrosphereAll of the water on the

Earth and in the air

Concepts200

Mid-latitudesThe area of the globe with

four seasons

Concepts300

SubductionThe process by which

plate collision results in one plate being drawn down or overridden by

another

Concepts400

High latitudesThe area of the globe with

only one season

Concepts500

DayThe length of time it takes for the earth to spin on its

axis (rotate)

Earth in Space100

Leap YearThe result of the fact that

the Earth’s revolution takes an uneven number

of days.

Earth in Space200

Tilt of the Earth’s axisThe reason why seasons

exist

Earth in Space300

TidesResult of the sun and

moon’s gravitational pull on the Earth

Earth in Space400

West to EastThe direction the earth

rotates

Earth in Space500

The outer boundaries of the region that

experiences only two seasons (low latitudes)

The Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

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