The Earth
The imaginary line that runs for the North Pole to the South Pole and keeps Earth on it's tilt
Axis
The type of plate movement when they collide, resulting in the formation of mountains
(convergent, divergent, or transform)
convergent
Name an intermediate direction
northwest, southeast, southwest, northwest
One complete spin of Earth's axis
Rotation
When geographers study a climate zone, they use a location's typical _____________, ________________, and __________________
temperature, precipitation, and vegetation
The name of the supercontinent
Pangea
The type of plate boundary movement when they slide against each other- creating fault lines like the San Andreas Fault
Transform
The study of people past, present, and future is what branch of geography?
Human Geography
When the sun's rays directly strike the equator
equinox
How does temperature change when elevation increases?
temperature decreases- getting colder
The line of latitude at 23.5 degrees North
Tropic of Cancer
The type of plate movement where it is pulling a part and moving in different directions
divergent
List the 4 parts that all good maps MUST have
Title, Scale, Key/Legend, and Compass Rose
land used mostly for farming, underdeveloped, country-side
rural
Great Plains
The line of latitude 23.5 degrees South
Tropic of Capricorn
When a heavier plate collides with a lighter plate, it is pushed below the other plate creating a _______ ________
Subduction Zone
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Movement, Region, Human Environment Interaction, Location, Place
The spread or movement of people, ideas, and goods
diffusion
The Earth's tilt ______, ________, and __________ can all influence a locations typical weather patterns
wind, ocean currents, and mountains
When cool moist air blows off the coastline and toward one side of a mountain, what effect happens to the other side of the mountain?
Rain shadow Effect
There are 3 layers of the Earth- list them in the correct order
Core- mantel- crust
When a geographer studies a place and asks questions like WHERE is it and WHY is it there- what perspective are they using?
Spatial Perspective
A location using coordinates or an exact address
What latitude zone would you find the marine west coast climate, humid continental, humid subtropical, and Mediterranean
Middle