Lesson 1
Earth's surface is seperated in two hemispheres. What hemisphere are North America, South America, and Central America in?
Western hemisphere
There are 4 types of regions. What are the 4 types of regions?
Physical, political, cultural, and economic
Dirty air, soil, and water is called..
Pollution
What does hemisphere mean?
Hemisphere is on half of earth's surface.
What seperates 2 countries?
A border.
230 million years ago 7 continents formed together. What is the process of continents moving?
Continental drift
A map can be used locally but there is something that is more accurate. What is the most accurate way to view everything on earth?
Satelite
Dams can be used to be good and bad. How can dams be bad?
Dams can be bad because it can cause flooding.
What does continental drift mean?
Continental drift is the slow movement of continents.
What kind of region is based on people's language?
Cultural
There are different types of landforms in the western hemisphere. What are some landforms?
Can be any from this list:
Plains, Mountains, Valleys, Plateau, etc..
People use a perticular system to produce goods and services. What is the system where people produce goods and services?
Economy
In Brazil there is lots of clear-cutting. What does clear-cutting mean?
Clear-cutting means cutting down whole areas of forest at one time.
What is a environment?
Environment is the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live.
What type of technology would show the Earth's surface more accurately than a map?
A satelite
North America and South America ( Can also be Central America)
Aside from GPS, GIS, globes, maps, and satelites what is the last way to viwe earth?
Ariel photograph
Clear- can be good and also bad. How can clear-cutting be bad and good?
Clear-cutting can be bad because it disrupts the lives of plants and animals in the region which could possibly put them in danger without their habitat. Clear-cutting can be good because it can make good farm land.
What is a region?
A region is a an area that has one or more features in common.
Name at least 3 natural resources.
Water, gas, coal, minerals like diamond etc..
Wind, water and ice.
There are 6 types of viewing earth or a part of it, 4 of these are globes, maps, satelites, and GPS. What is the last type?
GIS
Cultures influence other cultures. How has culture increased contact?
Culture has increased contact with new technology such as telephones, television, the internet, and jet planes have increased contact among different cultures.
What is erosion?
How are the landscapes of North America and south America alike/different?
The landscapes of North and South America area alike because they both might have the same features like plains, and mountains. They might be different based on the climate such as in South America its warm so theres rainforests, and tropical forests, while in North America its more cold so there will be plains, mountains, and plateaus.