Geography Basics #1
The study of the human and non-human features on Earth, our home planet.
Geography
The area a given space on a map or globe corresponds to in the real world.
Scale
A process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces.
Weathering
Molten rock from within the Earth.
Magma
Regions on Earth that are made up of similar communities of plants and animals.
Biomes
North, east, south, and west.
Cardinal Directions
The loss of accuracy in the size or position of objects.
Distortion
A process in which water, ice, or wind remove small pieces of rock and move them somewhere else.
Erosion
The condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place.
Weather
A group of plants and animals that depend on one another and their environment for survival.
Ecosystem
Lies between the cardinal directions.
Intermediate Directions
A way to show Earth on a flat surface.
Projection
The process of depositing, or dropping, eroded material.
Deposition
The average weather of a place over many years.
Climate
A useful material found in the environment.
Natural Resource
The position north and south of the Equator.
Latitude
A point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length.
Equinox
A process involving huge blocks of Earth's crust and upper mantle that are called tectonic plates.
Plate Tectonics
The winds that most frequently blow across a region.
Prevailing Winds
Formed over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals.
Fossil Fuels
The Prime Meridian and the other north-south lines measure ____________, or the position in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other.
Solstice
Seams in the Earth's crust.
Faults
An intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics.
Tropical Cyclones
The loss of forest cover in a region.
Deforestation