5 Themes of Geography
What does MR. LIP stand for?
The difference between a hypothesis and a theory is...
there is no scientific basis for a hypothesis.
List 4 layers of the earth.
inner core, outer core, mantle, crust.
Signal phrases must include the author and the title of their work - True or False?
False. In some cases, only including the author is acceptable.
All sources should be listed alphabetically, according to the author's first name - True or False?
False. All sources should be listed alphabetically, according to the author's last name.
Movement includes the movement of 1.______, 2. ______ and 3. _______
1. people
2. goods
3. ideas
The distance light travels in one year is called...
a light year.
with seismographs (p. 20)
page number should be identified with a p. infront of the page number in the in-text citations - True or False?
False. The page number should only include a p. before it in the work cited page.
You should always include the date you accessed online resources - true or false?
True. Make sure to include the date you accessed online resources after the URL/link.
An area that has similar unifying characteristics/features is called...
a region.
The milky way is an example of a _____.
The earth's magnetic field is found in the...
outer core.
False. Punctuation should be outside of the brackets.
It is not necessary to include the author's name in citations - True, False or it depends.
It depends. If the author's name is available then it is necessary to include it. If that information is not available then no, it's not necessary to include it.
The position on earth's surface is called...
the location.
This idea states that the velocity at which a galaxy is moving away from us is proportional (corresponding) to the distance of the galaxy from us.
Hubble's Law.
What is the difference between relative time and absolute time?
Relative time describes an event before or after other events. Absolute time describes specifically when an event has occurred (ie. 8am)
Parenthetical citations should include both the author's first and last name - true or false?
False. Parenthetical citations should only include the author's last name.
Quotation marks must be used in front of every title of work - True or False.
False - quotation marks are only necessary if the work is not very well known or established.
Geography is the study of 1.______, their 2._______, and their 3._____.
1. people
2. environment
3. resources
What do geographers us e to look at the earth from space?
Remote sensing tools.
James Hutton made an assumption that natural processes occur in the same way today as they did in the past. This concept is known as the principle of ____.
uniformitarianism.
Signal phrases should always be at the beginning of the sentence, in front of the evidence - True or False.
False. Signal phrases may be at the beginning of the sentence or at the end of the sentence - before or after the evidence.
Give an example of two websites/sources that may not be used in your work cited page.
Answers may vary:
1. Wikipedia
2. Blogs (ie Weebly, Wix etc.)