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What is Geography?
It is the study of the world, it's people, and the landscapes they create.
What is physical geography?
It is the study the world's physical geographic features-landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils and plants.
What is absolute location?
It is a specific description of where a place is located.
What is an equator?
It is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles.
What is longitude?
It is the distance east or west of Earth's prime meridian.
What is landscape?
It is all the human and physical features that make it unique.
What is human geography?
It is the study of the world's human geographic features-people, communities, and landscapes.
What is relative location?
It is a general description of where a place is located.
What are minutes?
They are the unit of measurement of a globe's surface that is part of a degree.
What are meridians?
They are lines of longitude.
Why is Geography sometimes called a Social Science?
It is a field that studies people and the relationships among them.
What is cartograph?
It is the science of making maps.
What is environment?
It is the land, water, climate, plants, and animals of an area.
What is global positioning system (GPS)?
It is a technology system that transmits information from satellites to Earth, giving the exact location of a given object on our planet.
What is prime meridian?
It is an imaginary line that circles the globe and breaks it into eastern half and western half.
What are regions?
It is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
What is meteorology?
It is the study of weather and what causes it.
What is latitude?
It is the distance north or south of Earth's equator.
What is Geographic Information System (GIS)?
It is a technology system that combines and provides geographic information from many different sources.
What are hemispheres?
It is half of the globe, divided by lines of latitude and longitude.
What is a grid?
It is a pattern of imaginary lines that circle the globe in east-west and north-south directions.
What is hydrology?
It is the study of water on Earth.
What is parallels
It is the lines of latitude that are always the same distance apart.
What are degrees?
It is a unit of measurement indicated by parallels circling the globe.
What are continent?
It is a large landmass that is part of Earth's crust.