What is Geography?
This deals with the natural environment.
Physical Geography
This allows you to measure the distance on the map.
Scale
Divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
The Equator
It is said that they are the original rock type
Igneous
This layer is made up of semi-molten rock or magma
Mantle
This is the study of man and the activities
Human Geography
Shows what the colours and symbols on the map represent
Key
Divides the earth into the West and East hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
These which solidified deep below the surface
Plutonic rock
Consists of superheated liquid rock
Core
The study of glaciers and ice sheets.
Glaciology
These show the division of continents into countries
Political map
23 ½ ˚N
Tropic of Cancer.
These rocks are carried away from their original position by agents such as wind, water/ice.
Sedimentary rock
Sections or slabs of rock which fit together, much like a jigsaw puzzle are called?
Plates
The study of Earth's water.
Hydrology
What does the colour Red show on a map?
Boundaries between countries, states, parishes etc.
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
66 ½˚S
Quartz is derived or formed from?
Sand
What are continental plates?
Plates formed mainly under land masses
The study of soils
Pedology
Maps which show various industries in the country.
Economic map
How much time is gained every 15 ˚ east or west
1 hour
When lava cools and hardens it can become this type of rock?
Basalt
Name the 3 types of plate margins.
Convergent, Divergent and Transformed