Location
What does location mean?
A location is the place where a particular point or object exists.
It is where something is.
What are landforms?
Landforms are the shape and nature of the land.
What is climate?
Climate is the usual weather in a place.
What are natural resources?
Resources are materials that come from the earth that we use to make things
What is a globe?
A globe is a model of the earth.
The lines on a map going east to west are called____________.
Latitude
Volcanoes can create mountains and __________.
Islands
What climate zone has summer, winter, spring and fall?
The temperate climate zone.
Which one of these is not a natural resource?
Wind, sun, plants, animals, gold, beach
Beach
What the 4 hemispheres?
Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Hemisphere's
The lines on a map running north and south are called ______.
longitude
Australia is a ____________ .
Continent
What is the climate zone at the equator?
The tropics or the tropical climate zone.
What are the 2 types of natural resources?
Renewable & non-renewable
What lines divide the hemispheres?
The equator and the prime meridian.
The line running around the middle of the earth is called ____________.
the equator
The areas of water between the continents are _______.
Oceans
What is the coldest climate zone?
Give an example of a non-renewable natural resource.
coal, iron, gold, silver, oil, petrol, etc.
What does GPS stand for?
Global Positioning System
We use latitude and longitude to find the ___________ location.
absolute
One of the biggest landforms are ____________.
Mountains
Which climate zone has no sunshine in the winter?
The polar zone.
Give an example of a renewable natural resource.
Wind, sun, plants and animals, etc.
How many satellites are needed to find a location?
3