Crash Course in Physical Geography

Located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean,  the Ring of Fire is known for

• Its great sushi
• Frequent droughts
• Johnny Cash songs
• Volcanoes and earthquakes

Subduction plate boundaries around the Ring of Fire occur where

• Continental plates run into each other
• The sea floor is spreading
• Denser ocean crust goes under continental crust
• Fault lines are building potential energy 

Like a slow-motion collision, convergent plates result in

• The destruction of landforms
• An intense crashing sound
• The creation of mountain ranges such as the Rockies
• Higher insurance deductibles

Tropical climate zones are determined by 

• Distance from the Equator
• Elevation
• Prevailing winds
• Ocean currents

Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean,  Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused by

• Convergent plates
• Frequent earthquakes
• Divergent plates
• A tsunami

Summer in Australia occurs at the same time as winter in North America because

• It's always hot Down Under
• Kangaroos like to play outside at Christmas
• The Eastern Hemisphere is closer to the sun 
• The earth tilts the southern hemisphere towards the sun then

When discussing climate factors,  the example of Mount Kilimanjaro shows

• That latitude determines climate 
• That latitude does not matter
• That Mount Kilimanjaro is the only place it snows in Africa
• That even low latitudes get cold at higher elevations because of thinner air holding less heat

Crust, mantle, outer core,  and inner core make up

• The spheres of the earth
• Types of plate tectonics
• Climate factors
• The earth's layers

The MELCO acronym stands for 

• Climate factors
• Types of landforms
• Causes of climate change
• Plate boundary movements

Climate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generally

• Wet
• Cold
• Windy
• Temperate