Quiz 3-1
___________ is how high the land is above the sea.
What is elevation?
Lines of longitude are __________ to the equator.
What is perpendicular?
_____ are naturally occurring solid substances like rocks.
What are minerals?
The __________ is the number of people living in a given area.
What is population?
__________ never stay in the same place and have no permanent homes.
Who are nomads?
A map drawn to ___________ is drawn to look like an area but only smaller.
What is scale?
All lines of latitude are __________ to the equator.
What is parallel?
Special rocks known as “___” contain metals like gold and iron.
What are ores?
A place where people live is called a __________.
What is settlement?
__________ burns easily and releases a lot of heat energy.
What is natural gas?
__________ are used to identify a position on a map.
What are coordinates?
Gridlines on maps of Earth that run east-west and give locations north and south are lines of _____________.
What is latitude?
Areas of rock able to hold water underground are called __________.
What are aquifers?
__________ began where people had access to fresh water and food.
What are permanent settlements?
__________ is the process of taking salt out of seawater so it can be drunk.
What is desalination?
The ___________ of an area would indicate ‘grassy’, ‘rocky’, or ‘mountainous’.
What is terrain?
_________, in London, was given the value 0° longitude.
What is Greenwich?
The level at which water can be found underground is called __________.
What is water table?
The number of people in a different age groups in a population is known as the __________.
What is age structure?
A __________ is a place with a more natural environment.
What is rural area?
The ___________ on a map helps us measure the distance between places.
What is linear scale?
0° longitude is known as the __________ .
What is Prime Meridian?
Oil from the ground is known as __________.
What is crude oil?
__________ provide information such as the number of people living in a country, numbers in different area within a country, and numbers in major settlements.
What are population statisitics?
This a type of tree found in coastal regions that protects the land and provides a natural habitat for marine life.
What is a mangrove?