Geology
what is the accumulation of rock particles or of all the materials that are residue transported by rivers,wind,ice and the sea.
Sedimentation
What is the study of the physical features of the Earth and how humans interact with it?
Geography
What is the relative location of PR?
Close to .....
What Islands are part of the Greater Antilles?
Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Puero Rico
What are plantor animal remains that belong to earlier geological eras and that are preserved on petrified form in various earth layers.
Fossils
What is the branch of geography that studies in a systematic and spatial way the earth's surface as a whole?
Physical Geography
What is the absolute location of PR?
18* N, 65*W
What is the main latitude line?
Equator
What is the terrestril platform geologist belive Puerto Rico was attched to?
Tierra Antillana
What are the cardinal directions?
North, East, South, and West.
Identify the geographic boundaries of Puerto Rico
North : Atlantic Ocean
East: US Virgin Islands
West : Dominican Republic
South: Caribbena Sea
What is the main longitude line?
Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian
What is a set of events that have occured on Earth since its origin and which have resulted in change and alterations to it.
Geological Processes.
What hemisphere is PR on?
Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
What is PR size?
111 miles in length
36 miles in width
What continents are closest to PR?
North America and South America
What is the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it?
Geology
What is the study of the relation of the population with the ecosystem?
Human Ecology
How many square miles is PR?
3,435 miles
Why is PR location important?
The geographic location of PR allows it to have contact with the Greater Antilles and the Lesse Antilles?