Lesson 1
the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.
What is the geography?
The line that splits the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
This is what causes seasons.
What is the tilt of Earth, or Earths axis?
A natural shape or feature on Earth's surface, like a mountain or valley.
What is a landform?
This political commentator was recently assassinated in Utah.
Who is Charlie Kirk?
These places get lumped together because they have similar qualities.
What are regions?
What is North? or What is West?
This is the biggest layer of earth, made of up hot and dense, sometimes molten, rock.
What is the mantle?
A “half sphere,” used to refer to one-half of the globe when divided into North and South or East and West.
What is a hemisphere?
Israel has warned about a military invasion into this city of Palestine.
What is Gaza?
What is a globe?
This is the height of a land surface above or below sea level.
What is elevation?
This is the layer of earth that is the heaviest, or densest. Made out of solid metal mostly iron and nickel.
What is the inner core?
The slow process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
This is Russia's President.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
This is the exact point at which a place is located.
What is absolute location?
These lines run side to side (east and west) but measure distance North and South from the equator.
What are latitude lines?
These maps show land and water features.
What are physical maps?
The layer of gases that surrounds the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
According to Israel's military, 83% of people who have been killed by Israel's military have been __________, or non-combatants.
What are civilians? Elderly, women, children.
What is relative location?
These lines run up and down (North and South) but measure East to West.
What are lines of longitude?
These are maps that show state or country boundaries.
What is a political map?
Something found in nature that people can use, like water or trees.
What is a natural resource?
Gen-Z protesters set fire to government buildings and is now leading efforts to clean up after protests in this country.
What is Nepal?