a geographical term that describes the physical and human characteristics of a location. Answers the question "what's it like?" about a particular location.
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What is a continent?
one of seven large landmasses on the Earth’s surface
100
Define the birth rate and death rate.
Birth rate is the number of births per 1,000 people per year, while the death rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year
100
What is geography?
the study of people, places and environments
100
Name the seven continents.
Africa, Australia, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica
200
Define spatial.
where a place is located and its physical relationship to other places, people or environments
200
What is a glacier?
a large, slow-moving mass of ice
200
What is global warming?
An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere.
200
What is population density?
The average number of people who live in a certain area.
200
What causes volcanoes?
the movement of tectonic plates
300
What are three ways to find a location?
Locate the exact position using latitude and longitude, find a street address or give a description of a place in relation to places around it.
300
What is a volcano?
an opening in the Earth’s crust from which molten rock, ash and hot gases flow are thrown out
300
What are the forms of precipitation?
Rain, sleet, snow, hail
300
What is the difference between importing and exporting?
When importing, a product or resource comes into a country. When exporting occurs, something is being sent to another country.
300
What is diversity?
A variety of people/having many different ways to think or do something
400
What three things move from one location to another?
People, goods and ideas.
400
What is an earthquake?
a sudden movement of the earth’s crust followed by a series of shock
400
What does culture refer to?
The shared attitudes, knowledge and behaivors of a group
400
Define natural resources and give three examples.
Natural resources are something that is found in nature and is necessary/useful to humans in nature. Examples vary.
400
What is the difference between rural and urban enviornments? How might they look different?
Urban relates to cities or means that something is located in a city. Rural is in regards to the country or farming.
500
What is the difference between the terms "place" and "region"?
"Place" describes the physical and human characteristics of a particular location, while "region" refers to the characteristics shared across an area that unite them or make them different from or similar to other regions. Regions are made up of many different places united by similiar characteristics.
500
What is erosion?
the wearing away and movement of weathered materials by water, wind or ice
500
What are tectonic plates and what are three effects they have on the planet?
large rigid sections of the earth’s crust that are in constant motion. Their movement can create landforms, shift continents and cause disasters in the forms of earthquakes and volcanoes.
500
What purpose does government serve?
It makes and enforce rules for society.
500
Define migration and come up with three reasons it might occur.
The process of relocating to a new location. Examples vary.