geo 1:chapter 2 paragraph 1 Deforestation in the Amazon

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What name is given to the 0 degree latitude line?

The tropics are close to

1. the 90 degrees latitude lines
2. the 60 degrees latitude lines
3. the 50 degrees latitude lines
4. the 0 degree latitude line

The tropics are found between

1. the 10 degrees latitude lines
2. the 15 degrees latitude lines
3. the 23 1/2 degrees latitude lines
4. the 30 degrees latitude lines

A tropical rainforest is

1. always on the coast
2. easy to get in
3. found in Europe
4. dense

Write down the 3 continents on which we can find tropical rainforests.

Why is it always hot at the equator?

1. shortest distance to the sun
2. sun ray only has to warm up a small area
3. because it is far from the poles
4. sun ray travels a long distance

At the equator the air...

1. always goes down
2. is cold around 10 o'clock
3. does not move
4. always rises

How rainfall starts at the equator.

Drag and put in the correct order 1-6

1

2

3

4

5

6

It begins to rain

The air rises

Air is heated

Cold air holds less water

clouds are formed

Air begins to cool

In a climate graph you can see

1. days, rainfall,temperature
2. months, precipitation, sunshine
3. months, precipitation, temperature
4. days, precipitation, sunshine

Drag items that belong together to eachother.

Left hand side of graph

Right hand side graph

bottom of graph

Above the graph

Temperature

Precipitation

Months of the year

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