Thinking Like a Geographer (Part I)
This is the study of the earth and its people.
What is GEOGRAPHY
Term used to describe 100 years.
What is CENTURY?
This is one time around the sun by a planet.
What is a REVOLUTION?
Number of planets in our solar system.
What is 8 (EIGHT)?
They are the Core, Mantle, and Crust
What are the Layers inside the Earth
Type of geography that studies the earth’s land, bodies of water, plant life, features, and natural resources.
What is PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY?
This Theme of Geography describes where something is located.
What is LOCATION?
This is the imaginary line that passes through the center of the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole; the earth rotates on this.
What is AXIS?
Happens when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and the sun’s direct rays are hitting the Tropic of Capricorn.
What is the WINTER SOLSTICE?
The largest landmass on earth is called?
What is a Continent
This Theme of Geography explains HOW and WHY people, ideas, and goods move from place to place.
What is MOVEMENT?
Type of geography that studies of groups of PEOPLE, religions, languages, and CULTURES.
What is HUMAN OR CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY?
The amount of degrees the earth tilted on its axis.
What is 23 1/2?
Happens when both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive the same amount of direct rays from the sun; happens twice a year.
What is the FALL/SPRING EQUINOX?
Name 2 occurrences that happen as a result of Plate Tectonics.
Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption, Etc.
This Theme of Geography describes how people affect their ENVIRONMENT and how the environment affects people.
What is HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION?
This Theme of Geography that defines areas that share several common characteristics.
What is REGION?
This is a planet's path around the sun.
What is ORBIT?
These happen because the earth is tilted on its axis.
What are SEASONS?
Define Elevation
The height of a feature above sea level
Name for the groups of satellites that use radio signals to determine the exact location of places on earth.
What is GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)?
Term used to describe a period of 10 years.
What is DECADE?
Days it takes for the earth to make 1 (ONE) revolution around the sun.
What is 365 1/4?
These happen because the earth is rotating on its revolution around the sun.
What is DAY AND NIGHT?
The Himalayan Mountain Range.