Five Themes
Definitions
Maps
Climate
Climate Zones
100
Where something is.
What is LOCATION?
100
A spherical representation of the Earth.
What is a GLOBE?
100
A way to show the round Earth on a flat surface.
What is a MAP?
100
The average weather in an area over time.
What is CLIMATE?
100
The climate region at low latitudes (close to the Equator).
What is TROPICAL CLIMATE?
200
What something is like.
What is PLACE?
200
One who makes maps.
What is a CARTOGRAPHER?
200
This map distorts size.
What is a MERCATOR PROJECTION?
200
A warm or cold "river" running through the ocean.
What is an OCEAN CURRENT?
200
The climate zone that is very hot and dry.
What is DESERT?
300
How people, goods, and ideas shift from place to place.
What is MOVEMENT?
300
The study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth.
What is GEOGRAPHY?
300
This map distorts distance.
What is a HOMOLOSINE PROJECTION?
300
A climate type caused by high elevation.
What is a HIGHLAND CLIMATE?
300
The climate zone where you can find rain forest vegetation.
What is TROPICAL WET?
400
How places are connected/linked together.
What is REGIONS?
400
An exact spot on the Earth.
What is ABSOLUTE LOCATION?
400
The parallel of 0 degrees latitude from which all other latitudes are calculated.
What is the EQUATOR?
400
Two factors that help determine climate.
What are AVERAGE TEMPERATURE and AVERAGE PRECIPITATION?
400
The natural plants that grow in an area.
What is VEGETATION?
500
How people impact their physical world.
What is HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION?
500
The movement of ideas or behaviors from one region to another.
What is DIFFUSION?
500
The four parts of a map.
What are the TITLE, COMPASS ROSE, SCALE, and KEY?
500
The three things that determine climate.
What are LATITUDE, OCEAN CURRENTS, and ELEVATION?
500
The subarctic, tundra, and ice cap are all climate zones included in this climate region.
What is HIGH LATITUDE?
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