Why Geography?
Why study Geography?
Air, Sea and Land.
What are the 3 global migration types.
Location expressed in terms of its distance and direction from other places.
Landscapes, oceans, geomorphic landforms, ice sheets, glaciers, and drainage basins.
What are earths characteristics that impact functioning?
distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
What is latitude?
Conducting primary and secondary research ethically, evaluating maps, problem-solving, teamwork and time management.
What are the transferable skills of Geography?
Allows for the transfer of nutrients between ecosystems.
What is the importance of wildlife migration.
A series of 4 numbers that help to find location on a map using grid lines.
What is area reference?
atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere.
What are the four spheres?
the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground leve
What is altitude.
Place, space, environment, scale, change, sustainability and interconnections.
What are the key concepts of Geography?
A flight path used by large numbers of birds while migrating between their breeding grounds and their overwintering quarters.
A series of 6 numbers that identify the exact location on a map using grid lines.
What is grid reference?
What is the other name for geosphere?
energy enters and leaves but material does not.
What is a closed system?
Earth is constantly changing.
What is meant by the term dynamic in geography?
Shutting down bodily function, reducing size, increasing breast muscle, thickening of blood.
What is adaptation for flight?
a line on a map joining points of equal height above or below sea level.
What is a contour line?
29.1%
What is the % of earths surface covered by landmass?
climate variations caused by the tilt of the earths axis.
What are seasons?
the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat and how it is essential for the processes that support all life on Earth, including humans.
What is Biodiversity and why does it matter?
Adelita
What is the name of the first sea turtle to have been tracked from Japan to Mexico?
Rise/Run
Created by physical, chemical and biological processes.
What is Geomorphic Landscapes?
Rapid population growth, climate change, habitat destruction, global warming and pollution.