Types and Branches Geography
What is Geography?
Geography is the scientific study of the Earth as the home of man, and man's effort to make a living from his environment.
identify one way that humans affect the physical environment?
....open responses
I am a big ball of ice and rock. They say that i am left over elements from the beginning of the solar system. They refer to me as the Dirty Snowball.
What am I?
Comet
What is a Photograph?
A photograph is a digital image that captures a particular moment, feature, place, or individual at a particular time.
What career in Geography involves studying and predicting weather patterns?
Meteorologist
What theme of Geography helps in understanding migration patterns?
Movement
What is the smallest planet in the solar system?
Mercury
Photographs are taken at a high point and from an angle. When we see this angle, we are able to see more features in the background, (the horizon).
which type of photograph is this?
Oblique Aerial Photograph
differentiate between physical and human Geography.
Physical geography examines the earth's landforms or natural features while human geography deals with how man interacts with and uses the resources of the earth in order to survive.
Which type of location is in this example below?
"The gas station is 500m away from the police station?
Relative Location
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
This photograph will show less details but will focus on the area directly below it. Hence, giving information on a larger area that is the point of focus.
Vertical Aerial Photograph
Which sub-branch of Geography deals with the study of economic systems and activities?
Economic Geography
What is the Human-Environment Interaction theme of Geography?
This theme looks at the relationship between people and the environment, how they adapt to the environment and how they change it.
What separates the inner planets from the outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
It gives a horizontal view of an image and records exactly what a person would see if they were standing in the photographer's place.
Ground Level Photograph
What is the importance of Geography to a pilot?
....open response.
What theme of Geography looks at the physical and human characteristics of a place?
Place
I am a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around the sun.
What am i?
A planet
What are the four types of photographs?
Ground Level Photographs, Oblique Aerial Photograph, Vertical Aerial Photograph and Satellite Imagery/Photograph.