Branches of GEO
The study of the world's physical geographic features
Physical Geography
The study of the world is?
Geography
Where something is
Vs.
Describing features
Location
vs.
Place
What is Energy from the sun
Solar energy
Water with salt is called?
Freshwater
The study of the world's human geographic features
Human geography
Human and physical features that make it unique
Landscape
What are the 5 themes of Geo?
Region, Movement, human-Environment interaction, place, location
One complete spin around the earth
What is rotation
Area's of slow moving ice
Glaciers
The study of weather and what causes it
Meteorology
A field that studies people and the relationships
Social Science
A specific description is?
Absolute location
A trip around the sun
What is revolution
Water that is found in earth's streams, rivers, and lakes.
Surface water
The largest physical feature in the United States
The grand Canyon
A part of the world that has one or more common features
Region
Description of where a place is
Relative location
The distance north and south
Latitude
water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail!
Precipitation
Name a physical feature in the United States
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi River
Desert
Great Plains
A Map
Spatial terms
human systems
places and regions
uses of Geo
Environment and society
physical systems
Regions close to the equator
Tropics
Name the 9 different plates in the world
North America plate
pacific plate
nazca plate
South America Plate
African Plate
Antarctic Plate
Eurasian plate
Indian Plate
Australian plate