Unit A: Thinking like a Geographer
"Does Rivendell gets more rain than Hobbiton?" is an example of this question type
What is comparative?
The surface layer of the earth
What is the crust?
Industry type known for extracting raw materials from the earth
What is resource industries?
When many people live in a small area, we call it:
What is dense/clustered?
The greenhouse gas Methane comes from one of these two sources
What is cows and/or landfills?
Meaning of GPS:
What is Global Positioning System?
The latitude where it is the hottest.
What is the Equator?
Industry known for creating art
You'll find this age group at the bottom of a population pyramid
What is buying from local grocery stores?
Cities develop near these because it makes trade and travel easier.
What are bodies of water?
The E in LOWERN stands for:
What is Elevation?
Industry type known for giving advice or for design work
What is Knowledge Industries?
When rural areas expand and become urban over time.
What is urbanization?
Name 3 clean energy sources
Any of the following count: solar, wind, tidal/hydro, nuclear, geothermal, biomass.
Measuring the length of the song "Echoes" by Pink Floyd would be this kind of data.
What is Quantitative?
The way Metamorphic Rock is made
What is Heat and Pressure?
Industry type that performs actions for others.
What is the service industry?
Solution to a contracting population pyramid.
What is immigration?
Meaning of clean energy source:
An energy source that will not produce Carbon Dioxide as a byproduct. Are typically associated with Flow resources
This type of gas causes global warming
What are greenhouse gasses?
What moves the Earths Tectonic Plates?
Convection Cells/Currents in the Mantle
This happens to all other industry types when Resource Industries shut down.
What is industry collapse?
Problem associated with a contracting population pyramid.
Name the meaning of gentrification, one pro and one con of it. All 3 must be named to get full points
When wealthier people move into a lower income area and change it over time.
Pro: can reduce crime and make an area look nicer.
Con: can cause rent to go up, forcing older residents out, can drive out local culture