Location & Place
This is the exact position of a place using coordinates (latitude and longitude).
What is absolute location?
These are the four processes that shape landforms (four possible answers).
What are:
erosion, deposition, tectonic activity, volcanism?These are the physical layers of the Earth's crust.
(five possible answers)
What are:
crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core and the inner core?
These are the three types of vegetation.
(three answers possible)
(Bonus points for providing an explanation/example of each type).
What are:
Forest Vegetation: Tropical, temperate, boreal forests.
Grassland Vegetation: Savannah, prairies, steppes.
Desert Vegetation: Cacti, shrubs adapted to dry conditions?
These are the nine types of biomes.
(nine answers possible)
(Bonus if a team can name all nine in one try).
What are:
Tropical rainforest, desert, tundra, temperate forest, grassland, boreal forest, Mediterranean, fresh water, marine?
This is when you describe a place using landmarks, time, directions or based on its relation to other locations.
What is relative location?
These are the 12 different types of landforms.
(12 answers possible - bonus if one team can say all 12 in one try).
What are:
mountains, plateaus, plains, deserts, hills, valleys, peninsulas, isthmuses, deltas, coastal landforms (beaches & cliffs), islands, archipelagos?
These are the spheres of the Earth.
(Five possible answers)
What are:
atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere?
(three answers)
What are:
Climate, soil (water and fertility) and altitude
These are the five resource classifications.
(five answers possible).
What are:
Biological Resources, Mineral Resources, Energy Resources, Water Resources, Land Resources
This is the study and description of the physical features of the Earth's surface, such as mountains, valleys, plains, and water bodies.
What is topography?
The importance of oceans.
(3 answers possible)
What are:
Regulates Earth's temperature and weather.
Provides habitat for marine life.
Essential for trade, transportation, and resources?
The definitions of the spheres.
(Five possible answers. Bonus if one team answers all five in one try).
What are:
Atmosphere (the air that surrounds Earth)
Biosphere (the life)
Geosphere (the solid land)
Hydrosphere (the water)
Lithosphere (Earth's solid outer layer - crust + upper mantle?
These are the four types of soil.
(four answers possible)
What are:
Alluvial Soil, Black Soil, Desert Soil, Forest Soil
This is when a service that relies indirectly on natural resources, like tourism in natural reserves
What is tertiary usage?
These are features, or characteristics, created by nature such as landforms, climate, vegetation, and wildlife.
What are physical characteristics of place?
The types of water bodies.
(4 possible)
What are:
rivers, streams, oceans/seas, straits?
These are large, rigid pieces of the Earth's lithosphere that float on the semi-fluid mantle below.
What are tectonic plates?
These are the three types of geographic regions.
(three answers possible)
(Bonus points for providing an example)
What are:
Formal Regions: Clearly defined boundaries created by humans. ex: a province or country
Functional Regions: Defined by a function or purpose. ex: metropolitan area
Perceptual (Vernacular) Regions: Defined by people's perceptions. ex: The West
These are the four categories of natural disasters.
(four answers possible)
(bonus for one team saying all four on their first try)
(bonus for providing an example)
What are:
Geological Disasters: Includes earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and landslides.
Hydrological Disasters: Floods, avalanches, and mudslides.
Meteorological Disasters: Hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and droughts.
Biological Disasters: Pandemics, infestations, and disease outbreaks.
These are features, or characteristics, created by people such as culture, language, architecture, and population.
What are the human characteristics of place?
These are the four big differences between seas and oceans.
(fours answers possible)
What are: seas are smaller, shallower, and often partially enclosed, while oceans are vast and deeper and have more uniform salinity.
These are the three ways tectonic plates move.
(three answers)
(Bonus points for explaining HOW each movement occurs)
What are:
convergent - collide
divergent - move apart
transform - slide past
These are the four types of agriculture.
(four answers possible)
(Bonus for explaining/providing an example)
What are:
Arable Farming: Involves the cultivation of crops like wheat, maize, and rice.
Pastoral Farming: Focused on raising livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats.
Mixed Farming: Combination of crop cultivation and livestock rearing.
Plantation Agriculture: Large-scale monoculture of crops like coffee, tea, and sugar.
These are the types of natural disasters.
(8 possible answers)
What are:
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclones, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, landslides, droughts