COORDINATES & IMAGINARY LINES
What is a coordinate?
A set of numbers that show a location on a map using latitude and longitude.
What are the two main movements of Earth?
Rotation and revolution.
What are the four layers of the geosphere?
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core.
What is population density?
The number of people living in a specific area.
What is culture?
The beliefs, traditions, languages, and customs of a group of people.
What is the equator?
An imaginary line around the Earth that divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What causes day and night?
Earth’s rotation.
What is the atmosphere?
The layer of gases surrounding Earth.
Name the most populated country.
India
What is a tradition?
A practice or belief passed down through generations.
What is the prime meridian?
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres (0° longitude).
What causes the seasons?
Earth’s revolution around the Sun and the tilt of its axis.
Name two gases found in the atmosphere.
Oxygen and nitrogen.
What is migration?
When people move from one place to another.
Give one example of a cultural ritual.
Quinceañera, wedding ceremony, Day of the Dead, etc.
What do lines of latitude and longitude form together?
A grid system to locate any place on Earth.
Coordinates
Name the three thermal zones on Earth.
Tropical, temperate, and polar.
What planet do we live on and what makes it special?
Earth; it supports life and has water and an atmosphere.
What is the difference between rural and urban areas?
Rural = countryside, fewer people; Urban = cities, more people.
Two types of migration:
Internal, external, by season.
How do imaginary lines relate to time zones?
The Earth is divided into time zones using meridians (longitude lines)
What’s the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is short-term; climate is the average over a long period.
What is the solar system?
The Sun and everything that orbits it (planets, moons, asteroids, etc.).
Give one reason why people migrate.
Work, education, natural disasters, war, better living conditions.
What does cultural diversity mean?
The presence of many different cultures in one place.