Judson
High School
Rockets
Homework
Graduate
100
the study of natural features and processes
What is physical geography
100
A place in comparison to other places around it.
What is relative location
100
the study of how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface
What is human geography
100
The exact place on earth where a geographic feature is found.
What is absolute location
100
distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth.
What is Geography
200
An imaginary line that divides the north and south halves of the earth.
What is Equator
200
A three-dimensional representation of the world as it really is
What is a globe
200
A person who makes maps or charts.
What is a cartographer
200
The imaginary line dividing the earth east and west.
What is Prime Meridian
200
Each half of the globe.
What is hemisphere
300
A set of imaginary lines that go around the earth and through both north and south poles.
What is longitude
300
Two-dimensional graphic representations of selected parts of the earth’s surface
What is a map
300
shows the government borders for countries.
What is a political map
300
shows physical features of countries of the world.
What is a physical map
300
A set of imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator. (east to west)
What is latitude
400
Gases that extends 6,000 miles above the surface
What is the Atmosphere
400
All people, animals, and plants that live on the Earth’s surface
What is the biosphere
400
The process of continental drift and magma flow that creates the Earth’s physical features
What is Plate Tectonics
400
About 70% of the Earth’s surface is water (Oceans, rivers, lakes, etc.)
What is the hydrosphere
400
map used for a defined purpose.
What is a special purpose map
500
Creates mountains
What is convergent plates
500
the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere
500
Occurs when plates grind past each other
What are Faults
500
physical or chemical process that breaks down the earth’s surface
What is weathering
500
Sea plates pull apart creating rifts allowing magma to flow
What are divergent plates
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