University:
Carleton College
Course:
ENTS 232 | Research Methods in Environmental Studies
Academic year:

2024
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371

Pages:

2
Author:

Giselle A.

REVIEW LIST FOR TEST #2 Words in bold are vocabulary words. Answer the questions/know the concepts and you will do great on the test. WATER LAND  What is salt water? o Where is it mostly found  What is freshwater? o Where is it found? o How much of the Earth’s water (what %) is freshwater? o Where is most freshwater located? o What is water under the Earth’s surface called?  What is the water cycle? o How does the Sun drive the water cycle? o What is condensation? o What is precipitation? o What is evaporation?  What are 3 problems with water? o Lack of freshwater o Pollution o Flooding  What are 3 benefits of water? o Food o Power o Recreation  What is desalinization?  What are islands? Do they float on the surface of the ocean?  How are volcanoes formed?  How are mountains formed?  What is weathering of rock o What causes it?  Structure of the Earth (3 layers) o Core o Mantel  Magma  Lava o Crust  Plate Tectonics o Continental drift o How many plates on the Earth’s crust? o Ocean plates o Continental plates o What happens when plates  Collide?  Separate?  Rub or grind against each other?  Ring of Fire o What is it? o Where is it located?  What is erosion? 1 REVIEW LIST FOR TEST #2 WEATHER and CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT  What is the difference between weather and climate?  How does the Earth’s tilt affect seasons and climate?  What are prevailing winds?  Name and describe the 5 MAIN Climates (not the sub-climates) o Which of the 5 Climates depend on latitude? o Which of the 5 Climates can have a mixture of other climate/sub-climate?  What climate zone is Michigan (Main and sub-climate)?  What is the rain shadow effect?  Where are the tropics and how do they affect climate?  What makes a desert a desert? o Is it latitude o Is it rainfall (or lack of it)? o Is it temperature?       What is an ecosystem? What is a habitat? What is biodiversity? What is humus? What are renewable resources? What are nonrenewable resources?  What is deforestation?  What is reforestation?  What is desertification? 2

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