Climate & Weather
The word for day-to-day changes in the atmosphere
Weather
This is the continent with the largest population
Asia (4.5) billion
What type of source is a photograph?
Primary
Helps us determine what symbols on a map mean
The number of people living in a given location
Population
Long-term weather conditions in an area of the world
Climate
This continent contains countries like Germany, Ireland, and France
Europe
What type of source is a textbook?
Secondary
Is the most specific way of describing where something is (an address or longitude and latitude coordinates)
Absolute Location
What are landforms?
Natural occurring places like rivers, oceans, mountains, etc.
Places near the equator tend to have a climate like this (must use at least two terms to describe)
Hot, tropical, sunny, warm
This continent is ONLY made up of thousands of different islands
Oceania/Australia
Mr. Burke writes Ms. Joyce a postcard. What type of source is this?
Primary
Describes what is near something to show where it is
This helps us find direction when reading a map or finding location
True or False - the closer you travel to the poles, the warmer the climate is
FALSE
This continent experiences every single type of climate
Think about the Pyramids of Egypt. What type of source are these? WHY?
Primary, because they were built during a specific period of time
A type of map that shows how many people are living in a specific area.
Population Density Map
Known as 0 degrees latitude, an invisible line in the middle of the Earth
The Equator
What is the climate of Africa? (Must describe in at least two ways)
Mostly a desert climate with a few rainforests. Mostly warm and sunny year round but can get very cold at night
How many countries are there in Africa? (Must be within +/-10 to get this correct)
54
Share one similarity and one difference between primary and secondary sources. You must be specific
Similarity - they offer perspective, they can give us reliable information, they can have bias
Difference - Primary is from a historical time period, Secondary is written afterwards
Use Relative AND Absolute Location in a logical sentence so people would understand what each term means.
Example: The absolute location of GO-NYC is 38 Delancey St and the Relative Location is that it is near Chinatown.
Means that something is highly concentrated - there is a lot of it in a little place
Density (As in population density)