TERMS 1
What is Geography
is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
Place
describes the features that make a site unique.
What do geographers as a science do?
gather data and info from satellite images
make observations,
take measurements
Why do human geographers often specialise in a smaller area of study?
Human geographers often specialise in a smaller area because people's lives are so different around the world,no one can study every aspect of human geography.
What are:
Glaciers, surface water, precipitation, groundwater
glaciers: large areas of slow motion ice
surface water: is water that is found on Earth’s streams, rivers, and lakes.
precipitation: is water that falls to Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
groundwater: water found below Earth’s surface
Social science
is a field that studies people and the relationship among them.
Absolute location:
is a specific description of a location
What do geographers as a social science do?
talk to people, visit places
Two geographers tools
maps, globes, etc
continents
plate tectonics theory
lava
earthquakes
High latitude vs low latitude
continents: large landmasses
plate tectonics: suggest that Earth is divided into dozen or so slow motion plates, or pieces of Earth’s crust.
lava: or magma that reaches Earth’s surface
earthquakes: sudden, violent movements of Earth’s crust.
High latitude (cold) low latitude (warm)
Region
is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
relative location
is a description where a place lies
What two types of characteristics can define a region?
Physical and human characteristics can define a region.
What do you understand by water cycle
is the movement of water from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.
Solar energy
Forms that water takes?
-Rotation
-Revolution
Solar energy: energy from the sun
Forms that water takes?: Solid, liquid, gas
-Rotation:is one complete spin of Earth on its axis.
-revolution: trip around the sun
Location
describes where something is.
Meteorology
the study of weather and what causes it.
Give an example of absolute location and relative location
An example of absolute location is the white house is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
RELATIVE LOCATION: Canada is in North America
What are landforms
are shapes on the planet’s surface
Latitude
Tropics
Monsoons
Midnight sun
latitude: the distance north or south of Earth’s equator
tropics: regions close to the equator.
Monsoons are are seasonal winds that bring either dry or moisture air.
Midnight sun is when you receive 24 hours of sunlight (in the summer time in areas near the arctic and antarctic circle) . Take a look at Scandinavia, Northern Canada, Alaska, Antarctica on maps.
Cartography
Cartography is the science of making maps.
Hydrology
the study of the water on Earth.
Five themes of Geography
Location,
Place,
Regions,
Movement,
Human-Environment Interaction.
The six essential elements of geography.
-The World in Spatial Terms
-Human System
-Places and Regions
-Physical System
-Environment and Society
-The Uses of Geography
Climate and weather:
Ocean currents
Prevailing winds
Front
What areas of Earth tend to have more seasonal change?
In which climate zone is the tundra located?
Weather: the short term changes in the air for a given place and time.
Climate: a region’s average weather conditions over a long period of time
Ocean currents are large streams of surface seawater
Prevailing winds are are winds that blow in the same direction over large areas of Earth
A front is the place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet
The areas of Earth that tend to have more seasonal change are from the polar zone to the tropical.The temperate climate.
Tundra is located in polar climate