Vocabulary
The study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, and the complex relationships between people and their environments.
Geography
What are the two branches of Geography?
Physical & Human
List the layers of Earth
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
What are the theories in which the shape of the Earth are based?
Plate Tectonics, Continental Drift, & Seafloor Spreading
The movement or weathered materials, including gravel, soil, and sand, usually caused by water, wind, and glaciers.
Erosion
The chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down, eventually becoming soil.
Weathering
List 1 type of technology used in geography.
GIS, GPS, Sonar, Satellites, etc
Lithosphere
Name of the scientist who theorized Continental Drift Theory
Alfred Wegener
What are the two types of weathering?
Mechanical & Chemical
The position on the Earth in which a place can be found
Absolute Location
What are the two types of location?
Absolute & Relative
What are the 3 ways in which plates move?
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
What was the name of the supercontinent in Continental Drift Theory?
Pangea
Give an example of Chemical Weathering
Rust, acid rain, etc
The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.
Continental Drift Theory
List the 5 themes of Geography
Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction
In what sphere are the tectonic plates located?
Asthenosphere
What 2 reasons did Wegener give as to support his theory?
Fossils and shape of continents matching like a puzzle
What are the two locations/types of crust
Continental & Oceanic
The process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock.
Chemical Weathering
How can human movement affect the environment?
Detailed answer in which humans have a direct impact on earth's surface. Whether it be from affecting resources to migration affecting the biosphere.
Explain the process in which plates move.
Plates move via convection currents. Convection currents are created based on hot magma rising and cooler rock sinking causing a cyclical motion of rock in the asthenosphere allowing the plates to move.
Explain how the theory of plate tectonics supports the Continental Drift & Seafloor Spreading.
Answer must involve and explain all 3 theories.
What are the series of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean known as?
Ring of Fire