Basic Geography
An imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North and South Pole.
What is the equator?
An imaginary line, or parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator.
What is latitude?
The four layers of the Earth, in order, from the outside in.
What are the crust, the mantle, the outer core, the inner core?
The condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place.
What is the weather?
A useful material found in the environment is known as this.
What is a natural resource?
Something that can be expressed using coordinates (such as coordinates 39 degrees North and 86 degrees West) or using nearby landmarks.
What is location?
A drawing that indicates directions on a map.
What is a compass rose?
Where do earthquakes most often occur?
What is a tectonic plate boundary or fault line?
The average weather of a place over many years.
What is climate?
The loss of forest cover in a region.
What is deforestation?
A line of latitude is also called this.
What is a parallel?
The four main points of the compass (North, South, East, West).
What are the cardinal directions?
When magma erupts out of a volcano and flows onto Earth's surface it is called this.
What is lava?
The process that breaks down rocks into tiny pieces.
What is weathering?
A region on Earth made up of similar communities of plants and animals.
What is a biome?
One half of a sphere or globe. Earth can be divided into four of these.
What is a hemisphere?
An imaginary line, or meridian, measuring east or west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
The two types of plates that converge to form most volcanoes.
What are continental and oceanic plates?
The movement of water from Earth's surface into the atmosphere and back again.
What is the water cycle?
The most biodiverse regions on our planet are near here.
What is the equator / the tropics?
The line of longitude labeled 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A guide that explains the relationship between real distances on Earth and distances on a map.
What is the scale?
Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes are all examples of these.
What are natural hazards?
Winds that most frequently blow across a region.
What are prevailing winds?
The climate region that often appears around the globe at 30 degrees latitude.
What is a desert?