Unit 1
the study of weather
What is meteorology?
0 degree line drawn east to west but measures north and south
what is the equator?
the three types of fossil fuel
What are coal, oil and natural gas?
Created a timepiece to tell time accuratey at sea
Who is John Harrison?
Your viewpoint of the world
What is perspective?
study of maps and mapmaking
what is cartography
most accurate representation of the earth
what is a globe?
Percent of fresh water on the earth
What is 3%
Caused people to no longer believe the earth was round
What is Dark Ages in Europe
an area based on attitide or feelings
What is perceptual region?
other names for latitude and longitude
What are parallels and meridians?
Lines drawn through Greensich England and measures 0 degrees longitude
What is Prime Meridian?
rock layer where groudnwater is found
What is aquifer?
What contaminated the waters of Minimata
What is Mercury?
Created Environmental Protection Agency and the signed Clean Air Act
Who is President Nixon?
Scenery of a place including culture and physical features
What is landscape?
distortion of a round earth on a flast surface led to using....
What are map projections?
artificial method to water crops
What is irrigation?
First person to circumnaviagate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
Proved DDT (chemical) had gotten into the waters and food chains
What is Pelican Island?
They are the 5 themes of geography
What is location, place, region, movement and human and environment interaction?
two layers/map used in a GIS system
What are raster and vector?
5 types of renewable energy
any 5 of the following:What are hydropower, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, windpower, wave/tidal power
Wrote Silent Spring
Who is Rachel Carson?
Products made from oil
What is petrochecmical?