AICE env. management BoL Test #1

Name the seven continents

Asia, Africa, South America, North America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia

Name the 5 major oceans

Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern

Florida is located on the continent of ____ and is next to the _____ ocean

North America, Atlantic

Which ocean surrounds Antarctica? Which cicles the North Pole?

Southern, Arctic

Australia=____

Oceania

GNI means?

Gross National Income. Country income divided by total population size.

LICS make ___ GNI/less

1,135

MICS make between ____ and ____ GNI

1,136 - 13,845

HICs make _____ GNI or more

13,846

order of atmosphere layers

Tropo, strato, meso, thermo

The troposphere is

Heated by the ground and is where most weather occurs

The mesosphere is

where meteors burn up.

The thermosphere is

where satellites orbit Earth, very few air molecules, low density

KNOW FOR TEST

a- arctic b-pacific c-atlantic d- indian e- southern

1-north american 2-south america 3-europe 4-asia 5-africa 6-oceania 7-antarctica

water cycle

A- precipitation B- evaporation C-Groundwater flow D- infiltration E-Precipitation

role of transpiration in water cycle

Moves water from soil into plants and into atmosphere as water vapor

sun emits ___ rays and earth reflects, emitting ___ rays aka ____

Ultraviolet, infrared, longwave

effect of interception on soil

reduces the total volume of water reaching the soil