Daily Geography-due Friday, September 18, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit.
1. Through which lake does the Equator pass: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, or Lake Chad?
2. Which city, located on the Congaree River, is the capital of South Carolina?
3. Unlike lands near warm ocean currents, lands near cold currents may be cool and dry. The cold Peru Current passes through the earth’s driest desert. What is it name?
4. You leave the Miami port in your new yacht to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. In which direction should you be heading?
5. Does the Nile River flow from North to South, or from South to North?
6. Which country would generally have the higher temperature year round, Laos or Switzerland? Why?
7. What is another name for longitude?
8. Which countries border Iraq?
9. What is the capital of West Virginia?
10. Western Washington state has a wet climate, but the dry east is in a rain shadow. Western winds are warmed as they pass over the Pacific’s Alaska Current. The warm air picks up moisture from the ocean. As the air rises up the mountains, it cools, and the moisture falls as rain or snow. When the air reaches the eastern slopes, it is quite dry. Make a diagram showing how this rain shadow works.
Daily Geography-due Friday, September 18, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit.
1. Through which lake does the Equator pass: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, or Lake Chad?
2. Which city, located on the Congaree River, is the capital of South Carolina?
3. Unlike lands near warm ocean currents, lands near cold currents may be cool and dry. The cold Peru Current passes through the earth’s driest desert. What is it name?
4. You leave the Miami port in your new yacht to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. In which direction should you be heading?
5. Does the Nile River flow from North to South, or from South to North?
6. Which country would generally have the higher temperature year round, Laos or Switzerland? Why?
7. What is another name for longitude?
8. Which countries border Iraq?
9. What is the capital of West Virginia?
10. Western Washington state has a wet climate, but the dry east is in a rain shadow. Western winds are warmed as they pass over the Pacific’s Alaska Current. The warm air picks up moisture from the ocean. As the air rises up the mountains, it cools, and the moisture falls as rain or snow. When the air reaches the eastern slopes, it is quite dry. Make a diagram showing how this rain shadow works.
Daily Geography-Honors-due Friday, September 18, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit.
1. Through which lake does the Equator pass: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, or Lake Chad?
2. Which city, located on the Congaree River, is the capital of South Carolina?
3. Unlike lands near warm ocean currents, lands near cold currents may be cool and dry. The cold Peru Current passes through the earth’s driest desert. What is it name?
4. You leave the Miami port in your new yacht to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. In which direction should you be heading?
5. Does the Nile River flow from North to South, or from South to North?
6. Which country would generally have the higher temperature year round, Laos or Switzerland? Why?
7. What is another name for longitude?
8. Which countries border Iraq?
9. What is the capital of West Virginia?
10. If you were in Arizona, would you most likely see a rain forest, a desert, or an ice cap?
11. Write a sentence that explains where you live according to planet, continent, country, state, and city or town.
12. What South American country has the largest land area?
13. Which mountains form the western coast of South America?
14. Which is larger, the Mediterranean Sea or the North Sea?
15. Western Washington state has a wet climate, but the dry east is in a rain shadow. Western winds are warmed as they pass over the Pacific’s Alaska Current. The warm air picks up moisture from the ocean. As the air rises up the mountains, it cools, and the moisture falls as rain or snow. When the air reaches the eastern slopes, it is quite dry. Make a diagram showing how this rain shadow works.