Introduction to Geography
better known as “the study of the earth”
geography
What are the most prominent landscape features on earth?
Mountains
This term involves the changes that take place in the lower part of the earth’s atmosphere in a localized area during a short period of time
weather
This climate averages less than 10 inches of precipitation annually and has great variations between daytime and nighttime temperatures.
Desert
This resource is renewed by the hydrologic cycle.
Water
What are the names of the two lines of longitude?
The primer meridian and the International Date Line
this landform ranges between 500 and 2000 feet and have rounded tops
hills
This involves certain patterns of weather which occur over a long period of time in a particular region.
Climate
This climate experiences high temperatures and heavy precipitation
tropical climates
geothermal energy
water covers over ___% of the earth’s surface
70
these are extensions of the main body of land with water on three sides.
peninsulas
To better describe climates around the world, geographers have divided the earth into this, based on latitude.
climate zones
This climate is characterized as having tough, tall, and deep-rooted grasses, with a few hardy trees dotting the landscapes.
Savannah/grassland
This renewable resource has been used for centuries, especially in countries such as Holland.
The Mariana Trench is located deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in this place
Challenger Deep
these resembles mesas but are even smaller in diameter
these three zones are better known as the basic climate zones of the earth
the torrid zone, the temperate zone, and the frigid zone
In 1900, this climatologist and meteorologist introduced a system of climatic classification.
Wladimir Köppen
The nonrenewable source, bauxite ore, is used to make an abundant supply of this.
Name the 5 lines of latitude in descending order from North to South
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
sometimes rivers are blocked off to create artificial lakes, also known as this
reservoirs
Sailors who used the trade winds to reach the Americas returned to Europe with the aid of these winds
Prevailing westerlies
These climates are located in the upper latitudes of the Temperate Zone on continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
continental climates
Uranium is a rare nonrenewable substance which can be used in very small quantities to produce a tremendous amount of power for this type of energy.
Nuclear energy