Regions
Continents
Spheres
Processes
Oceans
100

This type of region is based on shared characteristics like political system, culture, or climate.

Formal region

100

This continent is mostly highly developed, is in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea.

Europe

100

This sphere is made up of the water, ice, and vapor on the earth's surface

The Hydrosphere

100

This process is the cracking apart of rocks into smaller pieces by water, humans, or other forces

Mechanical weathering

100

This ocean is between Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, and its name means "peaceful"

Pacific Ocean

200

This type of region is based on the way outsiders view it, including stereotypes which could be true or false.

Perceptual region

200

This continent has a mix of high, mid, and less developed countries, is in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

North America

200

This sphere is made up of the earth's crust and all the continents and rocky landforms

The Lithosphere

200

This process involves all the ways that parts and types of soil come together in an area

Soil building

200

This ocean is between the Americas, Europe, and Africa

Atlantic Ocean

300

This type of region is connected by some kind of network, like a highway system or cell phone towers.

Functional region

300

This continent is the most populous, is mostly in the northern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

Asia

300

This sphere is made up of the layers of air above the earth's surface, and the storms it produces

The Atmosphere

300

This process involves the movement of large plates floating on the upper mantle of the earth, and often causes earthquakes

Plate tectonics

300

This ocean is between Africa, Asia, and Oceania

Indian Ocean

400

A region where the people are mainly Muslim, and live in countries with autocratic governments would be a ______ region.

Formal

400

This continent straddles the equator, has many less developed countries, and contains the place where humans evolved as a species.

Africa

400

This sphere is made up of the living things on earth, including humans, plants, and animals

The Biosphere

400

This process is the gradual wearing away of very small pieces of a landform by wind or water over thousands or millions of years

Erosion

400

This ocean is at the top of the world and surrounds the ice cap at the north pole

Arctic Ocean

500

A region where people are seen as being rude or unfriendly and talking too fast would be a ______ region.

Perceptual

500

This continent is made up completely of islands, was the last to be completely settled, and is surrounded by the Southern and Pacific Oceans.

Oceania (nee Australia)

500

Each sphere contains one of these, which recycles the material that the sphere is made of

A cycle (water cycle, air cycle, rock cycle, life cycle)

500

This process is the wearing away and shaping of landscapes by enormous sheets of ice which can be up to a mile thick

Glaciation

500

This ocean surrounds Antarctica and used to be named for it, but isn't anymore

Southern Ocean

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