Geo Exam

The Caribbean is a group of islands called the archipelago. It stretches from southern tip of north America to northern tip of South America

It is located 5° north and 25° north latitude and between 50° west and 85° west longitude

South of north American

North of South American

East of Central America

West of Africa

South west of Europe

Cuba, Hispaniola,jamaica

Guadalupe,st.martin

Martinique,St Lucia

Suriname,guyana

Bonaire,curacoa

Cuba,Dominican republic, Venezuela

Aruba,Caraco,Bonaire

French Guiana,st martin

Aruba, Bonaire, Venezuela

Dominica,grenada,Montserrat

Two trench were formed called the Cayman trench and Puerto Rican trench.

Islands were formed such as Cuba and Hispaniola

70 million years ago

It was 25 million years ago

The lesser Antilles formed the inner arch of the archipelago

Mountains were uplifted such as Rockies,Andes and Hima layers

The greater Antilles is located north of lesser Antilles and also greater Antilles has more countries

They are divergent,transform and convergent

Divergent is when two plates move away from each other.

Convergent is when two plates move towards each other.

Transform is when two plates slide past each other.

Evaporation is when liquid turns to water vapor.

Condensation is the process in which water vapour changes in to liquid state.

Precipitation is the result of air rising and cooling. when saturation level is attain condensation takes place and rain falls.

Land breeze blows from land to sea.

Sea breeze blow from sea to land

Pressure is a force or weight area

1.temperature

2 earth resolution

3. Altitude

This was when crops grow naturally

Mangrove,montane,evergreen ,rainforest

It is painted white to protect instrument from direct sunlight

It stands 1.2 meters off the ground

It roof is slanted to avoid stagnation and accumulation of rain water

Thermograph,hygrometer,barometer,thermometer,dewcell

Rainfall

Soil fertility

Topography

Light

Man

It grows along coastal area

They are hydrophytic plants

They develop on coastal lowlands.

Trees shed leaves to conserve water.

Vegetation consist of tall shrubs,cactus and woodland.

Founded in high mountainous areas.

Trees form canopy at the top.

Roots of trees are shallow.

Trees are covered in moss and lichens.

Trees are smaller than those found at lowlands.

Tress are stunted.

Located on high peaks.

Flowers are abundant.

It is a small wooden structure found at weather stations.

Weather is the condition of the atmosphere of a special place for a short period of time

Climate is average elements of weather condition of a sizeable area for long periods

1)Land is darker .land absorbs more solar radiation than water due to the the fact that most land surfaces is darker than water.

2)land is stationary while water is in constant movement.

3)water reflects most radiation that reaches it's surface.

1)Altitude

When height increases temperature falls for every kilometer you go up temperature falls by 6.5°

2)latitude

sun rays hit the earth vertically at the equator causing a major heating effect.As you move further away from the equator temperature falls.

3)distance from sea

during the day the Earth heats up at air rises.winds blows in from the sea to replace the rising air,causing a cooling effect.places closer to the sea benefit from this.

4)ocean current

When winds blow of a warm ocean current it raises the temperature of this wind thus when this wind passes over land it gives it a warming effect.

5)cloud cover

it reduces the the amount of solar radiation that reaches the earth surface and the amount of earth radiation which leaves.

Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere

Insolation is the process that takes place at the earth surface.the earth receives solar energy in the form of short waves.

It is warmer because heating takes place closer to the earth surface.

46% is receive by the earth surface,40% is reflected by clouds,dust gasses and other particles in the atmosphere,14 is reflected directly by the atmosphere.

It is located on the eastern side.

1) agriculture contributes to the gross domestic product(g-d-p) and to export earnings.

2)employment:thousands of individual are employed in agriculture.

3)food security:farming provides a great deal of food locally reducing the need to rely upon food imports.

4) agriculture provides raw material to secondary industries such as food processing.

A small scale farmer is a farmer who grows variety of crops and rear livestock on the same plot of land.

1) location

Small scale farms are generally located in hilly areas because lowlands are occupy by housing and plantation.

2)Size of farms-these farms are usually smaller than 1.2 hectares.

3)Labour-family was the main type of labour management.

4)Tools-small farmers use

Traditional tools such as Cutlass,hoe,and fork

5)farming practises

This is where you cultivated crops and rear animals on the same land

This the farming practise of ploughing and planting crops across a slope following is elevation.

This is where humans transform a slope in two a series of flat surfaces,crops are then grown on these flat surfaces rather than slope to avoid them sliding.

Strip cropping is the cultivation of different crops in which they are sown in alternate strips.

This is the farming practise of growing a series of different crops in the same area in sequence seasons

This is a stage of crop rotation where you deliberately not used the land to raise crops

1)small scale farmers retail their produce on road stalls near urban areas.

2)some sell to wholesalers.

3)some sell to trafficers who then sell them to regional markets.

4)some sell to venders who operated in central market.

5)some sold to supermarket,hotels and restaurants.

1) small size -the small size limit the use of machinery. Which would have help in crop production.

2)lack of capital-farmers lack suffient money to purchase machinery, fertilizer and improve transport.

3)pest and diseases.

4)unpredictable weather conditions.

5)poor feeder roads-roads are often lacking access for farmers to bring out their produce.

2)when air is heated in the lower atmosphere.

1)where it meets high relief.2)when air is heated in the lower atmosphere.3)when two different air masses meet

2)when air is heated in the lower atmosphere.3)when two different air masses meet

3)when two different air masses meet

1)increase in the amount of water vapour in the air

2)by cooling ( lowering temperature of air )

This is wind blowing over the ocean meets high relief.

St Vincent

Guyana

Rain caused by heating over the earth surface.

This is rain rain caused by differences in air masses

Bauxite us a clay like rock from which aluminium is obtain.

Aluminium is a lightweight metal

Jamaica 50%

Suriname 24%

Guyana 18%

Dominican republic 4%

Haiti 4%

This involves the land being clear and top soil is being easily removed by bulldozers

Is the referred to black gold because when it comes out the earth it is black and it valuable as gold