Location
What hemisphere is the United States in?
Northwestern Hemisphere
What kind of movement is it when someone moves for a better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends?
Social Migration
Which one is an example of surface landforms?
River
What are the three features inside earth that we talked about in class?
Crust, Mantle, Core
How many vocal words are there?
15
New York is 40 Degrees North and 74 Degrees West, this is an example of which theme?
Absolute Location
What are two ways that we talked about in class that earth affect humans?
Volcanoes, Earthquakes
Recycling is what type of theme?
Human / Environment Interaction
Why is it important to study geography? Provide two examples.
You become more socially aware.
You know where place are located and how they work.
In the sample presentation that I provided for the five themes of geography. What location did that student pick?
Hawaii
What is globalization? Provide two examples.
The meshing of goods and services. McDonald's in China. Apple all over the world.
What is the difference between physical and human geography? Provide an example for each one.
Physical geography is about the natural environment. Mountains
Human geography is about the human aspect of why people move and are the way they are. Migration
What are two negative and positive ways that people interact with their environment? Don't just write an answer explain why it's a positive or negative.
Negatives = littering, deforestation
Positive = recycling, conserving water
What is geology?
Geology explains the physical structure and history of earth
How do you spell my last name?
Ayala
What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
Latitude measures distance north and south.
Longitude measures distance west and east.
This region is defined by people’s attitudes and feelings about it and it does not have clearly defined borders.
Perceptual Region
What does Mr.Help stand for? Provide an example for each.
Five Themes Of Geography
Movement
Region
Human
Environment Interaction
Location
Place
What is one way that landforms are NOT created or changed by?
Solar Energy
What room number are you in?
610
Which one is an examples of ocean landforms?
Continental Rise
In what four ways do plate tectonics move?
Divergence, Subduction, Convergence, Transform
This region describes a central location like a major city and the smaller suburbs that surround it.
Functional Region
Zion National Park has lots of rivers, this is an example of what kind of theme?
Place
What was the last location that you visited on the geowiz scavenger hunt
Vietnam