Tools of Geography
Earth in Space
Forces Shaping Earth
Landforms & Waterways
Other
100
Valleys, plateaus, and Mountains are all...
What is Landforms
100
the path that each planet travels along around the sun in called...
What is an orbit
100
The inner part of the earth, made of hot irom mixed with other metals and rock, solid
What is the core
100
Mt. Everest is an example of
What is a mountain
100
also called parallels, run north and south from the equator
What are lines of latitude
200
A group of satellites that travel around the earth make up this system
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)
200
it shelds us from the suns harmful rays, and keeps oxygen around the earth
What is our atmosphere
200
melted rock found in the Mantle
What is Magma
200
Plateau located under the ocean
What is a continental shelf
200
also called meridians, pass through the North and South poles
What are lines of longitude
300
THe computer program that Geographers use to combine the data that they collect with satellite information is the
What is GIS (Geographic Information systems)
300
365 1/4 days
What is the time it takes for the earth to make one revolution around the sun
300
A theory to explain the earth's surface
What is plate tectonics
300
A deep valley under the ocean
What is ocean trench
300
The Eiffle Tower is found in this city
What is Paris
400
Legal documents, newspapers and diaries are all examples of
What are written records
400
an imaginary line that runs through the Earths center from North to South
What is an axis
400
A violent and sudden movement in the earths crust
What is an earthquake
400
A narrow body of water between two pieces of land
What is a strait
400
Language, religion, clothes, and culture are all
What is human charcteristics
500
tools, pottery, painting, weapons and other items are examples of
What are artifacts
500
The seasons are caused by the way that the sun hits the earth. This changes because
What is the tilt of the earths axis. 23 1/2 degrees
500
huge sheets of ice that carve large valleys into mountains
What is a glacier
500
Where rivers deposit all of the soil and sand that they have carried
What is a delta
500
Because of the speed, and ablility to transfer more, ancient people used this to get around
What is water, rivers and the ocean
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