Vocabulary
Which term means the long-term pattern of weather in a place?
Climate
What physical feature is a body of water surrounded by land?
Lake
What is a graph that shows the average temperature and precipitation of a place over one year?
Climograph
What do population density maps show?
Where people live and how crowded different areas are?
What is a region?
An area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas
What word describes the plants that naturally grow in a particular area?
Vegetation
What landform is a high, relatively flat area of land?
Plateau
What is the term for the height of a place above sea level, which can affect its climate?
Elevation
How do you calculate the population density of a place?
Dividing the total population by the total land area
What type of map uses different colors or shades to show how something varies across geographic areas?
A choropleth map
What term describes the number of people living in a specific amount of land?
Population Density
What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas?
Isthmus
What is the most important factor that affects a location’s climate?
Latitude
Why do people in Skwentna, Alaska, use airplanes, boats, or snowmobiles to travel?
Because there are no roads and houses are spread far apart
Which type of thematic map uses symbols of different sizes to represent different quantities, such as city populations?
A proportional symbol map
What is a broad area grouped together because it shares one or more characteristics?
Region
How is a bay different from a gulf?
Both are bodies of water partly enclosed by land; a gulf is generally larger and more deeply enclosed, though the terms can overlap.
What type of environment has a large amount of water in the soil, requiring plants to adapt to those wet conditions?
Wetlands
What is land use?
The way people use the land to meet their needs
What type of thematic map uses dots to show the concentration of something in an area?
A dot density map
Explain how a thematic map differs from a general reference map.
A thematic map focuses on one specific topic or pattern, such as climate, population density, or economic activity.
A river spreads out and deposits sediment near its mouth, creating new land. What physical feature may form?
A delta.
What three factors, besides climate, affect what types of plants can grow in an area?
Elevation, amount of sunlight, and richness of the soil
What natural resource is commonly used to produce wood products through forestry?
What type of map uses lines to connect places that have the same value for something, such as temperature or elevation?
An isoline map