5 Themes of Geography
Definations
Continents
Changes with in the earth
Changes on the earth's surface
100
Human-Environmental Interaction
Why do most people in Asia and Africa farm for a living.
100
An area in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area.
What is a formal region?
100
Antarctica
Which continent is not a country?
100
Crust, Mantle, inner core, and outer core
What are the 4 layers of the earth?
100
Moving Water
What is the greatest cause of erosion?
200
Place
How many professional sports team does San Francisco have?
200
The movement of weathered materials such as gravel, soil, and sand.
What is Erision?
200
South America
Which continent is in the Western and Southern Hemisphere?
200
Hills, Plateau, Mountains, Plains
What are three major types of landforms?
200
loess
What are the windblown deposits of mineral rich dust and silt called?
300
Location
Where is Happy Valley?
300
The breakdown of rocks at or near the earth's surface into smaller and smaller pieces.
What is Weathering?
300
North America
This is the third largest continent?
300
Volcanoes and earthquakes
What physical precess helped shape the landforms?
300
Water, Glaciers, and Wind
What is are the three agents of erosion?
400
Region
Is the Middle East part of Asia or Africa?
400
A circle of Volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
Europe and Asia
Russia lies in both these continents.
400
The earth's outer shell is not one solid sheet of rock. Instead it is made up of a number of moving plates.
What is the plate tectonic theory?
400
The process of chemical weathering alters the rocks chemical makeup by changing the chemical elements.
What is Chemical Weathering?
500
Movement
Why is Texas the fastest growing state?
500
The study of the earth's physical sturctre and history
What is Geology?
500
Africa
What is lies in all four hemispheres?
500
There was once a supercontinent called pangaea and it broke up into separate continents.
What is the continental drift theory?
500
The precess when rock is actually broken or weaken physically.
What is mechanical weathering?
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