How Geographers View the World
the study of Earth and its people, places and environment
What is Geography?
the system of presenting the round Earth on a flat map. This can often lead to distorted images.
What is map projection?
to circle around something.
What is orbit?
The water that falls on Earth as rain, snow, sleet, hail, or mist.
What is precipitation?
This is a large, unbroken, mass of land.
What is a continent?
a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the earth
the feature on a map that shows direction.
What is Compass Rose?
What is axis?
The core, the mantle, and the crust.
What are Earth's layers?
One of Earth's 16 pieces of crust is called this.
What is a tectonic plate?
the line of longitude that measures at 0 degrees
What is the Prime Meridian?
the relationship between distances on the map and on Earth.
What is scale?
This is a complete trip of Earth around the sun.
What is revolution?
This climate is hot and rainy; with dense forests.
What is the Tropical Climate?
What is a giant wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the Earth under the ocean floor?
What is a tsunami?
The average weather in an area over a long period of time
What is climate?
the feature on a map that explains the symbols, colors, and lines on a map.
What is the key?
This is one of two days each year when the sun reaches its northernmost or southernmost point.
What is a solstice?
This climate is very cold and its areas are covered in snow and ice.
What is Polar Climate?
These are a long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Ring of Fire?
location, place, region, human interaction with the environment, and movement.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
One thing both globes and maps show are halves of the earth. This is what these halves are called.
What are hemispheres?
This is one of two days each year when the sun is directly overhead at the Equator.
What is an equinox?
This climate is dry, but can be hot or cold.
What is the Desert climate?
This is a place where the Earth's tectonic plates grind against each other.
What is a fault?