_ Essential Elements of Geography
How many Essential Elements of Geography are there?
SIX!
___________ is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.
Geography
True or False: Maps are flat representations of the round Earth.
True.
True or false: Globes show the entire planet?
True.
What character have Jesse and Wyatt been drawing on the board during inside recess?
BATMAN!
One of the elements is: The World in _____ Terms.
This week we learned that maps reveal the complex spatial interactions.
Spatial!
The term given to the measurement of things going East and West.
Longitude.
True.
The most accurate way to show places on Earth is with a globe. True or False?
True!
Why have we not been able to go outside for recess during the afternoons?
Because the heat index, or "feels like," has been too hot!
Another is ______ and Regions.
This is the element where the identities of individuals and peoples are rooted. (Not location,)
Places
This term is used for measurement going North and South.
Latitude
Which is more accurate? Maps or Globes?
Globes.
Globes are the most accurate because globes, like Earth, are _______; that is, they are shaped like a ball.
What kind of soda did Mrs. Noell have with lunch yesterday?
Diet Dr. Pepper
Two of the elements end with "systems": _______ Systems and _______ Systems.
One deals with physical processes like wind and ocean currents, while the other deals with things like religion, language, and ways of life.
Human Systems and Physical Systems
On a map, the name given to the thing that shows North, South, East, and West.
Compass Rose.
Which Geographer's tool tends to show more kinds of information?
Maps!
What would need to happen for globes to be able to show more detail?
They would need to be really big!
What is the name of the character in Holes who curses Stanley's family?
Madame Zeroini
Geographers study how the ___________ of a place helps shape people's lives in the Element of Environment and Society.
Environment.
Places that are close to one another and share some characteristics belong to the same ______.
Region.
What is the chief disadvantage of maps?
(Mrs. Noell will judge this one based on the responses.)
What are some things globes are used to show?
Major physical and political features such as:
landmasses, bodies of water, countries of the world, and the largest cities.
What name has Mrs. Noell given to Nerd Clusters?
Brain Beans!