Branches of GEO
Study of Geo
Geo Themes
Planet Earth
Water on Earth
100

The study of the world's physical geographic features

Physical Geography

100

The study of the world is?

Geography

100

Where something is

Vs.

Describing features

Location

vs.

Place

100

What is Energy from the sun

Solar energy

100

Water with salt is called?

Freshwater

200

The study of the world's  human geographic features

Human geography

200

Human and physical features that make it unique

Landscape

200

What are the 5 themes of Geo?

Region, Movement, human-Environment interaction, place, location

200

One complete spin around the earth

What is rotation

200

Area's of slow moving ice

Glaciers

300

The study of weather and what causes it

Meteorology 

300

A field that studies people and the relationships 

Social Science

300

A specific description is?

Absolute location

300

A trip around the sun 

What is revolution

300

Water that is found in earth's streams, rivers, and lakes.

Surface water

400

The largest physical feature in the United States

The grand Canyon

400

A part of the world that has one or more common features

Region

400

Description of where a place is

Relative location

400

The distance north and south

Latitude

400


water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet or hail!

Precipitation

500

Name a physical feature in the United States

Rocky Mountains

Mississippi River

Desert

Great Plains

500
A flat drawing that show's all or part of the earth's surface

A Map

500
the 6 essential elements and Geo Standards are?

Spatial terms

human systems

places and regions

uses of Geo

Environment and society

physical systems

500

Regions close to the equator

Tropics

500

Name the 9 different plates in the world

North America plate

pacific plate

nazca plate

South America Plate 

African Plate

Antarctic Plate

Eurasian plate

Indian Plate

Australian plate