Maps
Planet Earth
Climates and Ecosystems
Environment and Resources
Population and Movement
100
This type of map shows countries, states, capitals and other major cities.
What is a political map?
100
About March 21 and September 23; the point at which, everywhere on earth, day and night are nearly equal in length
What is an equinox?
100
The condition of the air and sky at a particular time
What is weather?
100
A resource that Earth or people can replace
What is a renewable resource?
100
The number of live births per 1,000 people in a year
What is the birth rate?
200
This type of map shows natural features and land forms, which could include elevation.
What is a physical map?
200
The oval shaped path that the earth travels to make a revolution around the sun.
What is orbit?
200
Water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail
What is precipitation?
200
Nonrenewable resources formed over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals
What are fossil fuels?
200
The number of people per unit of land area
What is population density?
300
This type of location describes a place's exact location on earth in terms of latitude and longitude.
What is absolute location?
300
An imaginary line running between the north and south poles around which the earth rotates
What is an axis?
300
Another name for the low latitudes, which are located between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer
What are the tropics?
300
Name for a residential area on the edge of a city or town
What is a suburb?
300
Causes of migration that attract people to new countries
What are pull factors?
400
This describes the location of a place relative to another known place.
What is relative location?
400
Thick, rocky layer around the earth's core, which is solid, but made fluid by its extremely hot temperature
What is mantle?
400
A term used to describe the movement of water from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back
What is the water cycle?
400
The variety of living things in a region or ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
400
Term used to describe the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas
What is urbanization?
500
These are computer-based systems that store and use information linked to geographic locations; for example Google Earth.
What are geographic information systems or GIS?
500
A theory which states that the earth's crust is made up of huge blocks that sit on streams of molten rock called magma
What is plate tectonics?
500
The term used to describe a group of plants and animals that depend on each other and their environment for survival
What is an ecosystem?
500
An effect on someone or something that is not involved in an activity
What is spillover?
500
Poor, overcrowded urban neighborhoods
What are slums?
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