GEOG 204 GLOBAL CASINO CHAPTER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ chinook
Answer: Warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of
the Rocky Mountains.
◉ air mass
Answer: Large body of air with relatively uniform temperature
and moisture.
◉ orographic
Answer: Precipitation or climate effects caused by air being forced
over mountains.
◉ cyclonic
Answer: Weather associated with low-pressure systems rotating
inward.
◉ convectional
Answer: Precipitation formed by surface heating and rising warm
air.
,◉ drought
Answer: Extended period of deficient precipitation resulting in
water shortage.
◉ tornados
Answer: Violently rotating columns of air touching the ground.
◉ blizzard
Answer: Severe snowstorm with strong winds and low visibility.
◉ parent material
Answer: Underlying geological material from which soil is formed.
◉ topography
Answer: Arrangement of the natural and artificial physical
features of an area.
◉ soil horizon
Answer: Layer parallel to the soil surface with distinct physical
and chemical characteristics.
◉ chernozemic
Answer: Dark, organic-rich soil found in grassland regions.
, ◉ solonetzic
Answer: Soils containing high levels of sodium, found in arid or
semi-arid regions.
◉ luvisolic
Answer: Soils with accumulated clay in the subsoil, common
under forest vegetation.
◉ organic
Answer: Soils formed largely from decomposed plant material,
such as peat.
◉ gleysolic
Answer: Water-saturated soils characterized by mottled or bluish-
grey colors.
◉ podzolic
Answer: Strongly acidic soils with a bleached layer and
accumulated iron/aluminum.
◉ cryosolic
Answer: Soils found in permafrost regions with frozen ground
within a meter of the surface.
◉ brunisolic
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FINAL PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
◉ chinook
Answer: Warm, dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of
the Rocky Mountains.
◉ air mass
Answer: Large body of air with relatively uniform temperature
and moisture.
◉ orographic
Answer: Precipitation or climate effects caused by air being forced
over mountains.
◉ cyclonic
Answer: Weather associated with low-pressure systems rotating
inward.
◉ convectional
Answer: Precipitation formed by surface heating and rising warm
air.
,◉ drought
Answer: Extended period of deficient precipitation resulting in
water shortage.
◉ tornados
Answer: Violently rotating columns of air touching the ground.
◉ blizzard
Answer: Severe snowstorm with strong winds and low visibility.
◉ parent material
Answer: Underlying geological material from which soil is formed.
◉ topography
Answer: Arrangement of the natural and artificial physical
features of an area.
◉ soil horizon
Answer: Layer parallel to the soil surface with distinct physical
and chemical characteristics.
◉ chernozemic
Answer: Dark, organic-rich soil found in grassland regions.
, ◉ solonetzic
Answer: Soils containing high levels of sodium, found in arid or
semi-arid regions.
◉ luvisolic
Answer: Soils with accumulated clay in the subsoil, common
under forest vegetation.
◉ organic
Answer: Soils formed largely from decomposed plant material,
such as peat.
◉ gleysolic
Answer: Water-saturated soils characterized by mottled or bluish-
grey colors.
◉ podzolic
Answer: Strongly acidic soils with a bleached layer and
accumulated iron/aluminum.
◉ cryosolic
Answer: Soils found in permafrost regions with frozen ground
within a meter of the surface.
◉ brunisolic
