Five Themes of Geography
What has physical features and cultural characteristics?
Place
landmass above water
continent
Causes the seasons to change on Earth
revolution and tilt
Forestlands
There are two types of water
1. Fresh Water
2. Salt Water
The study of how people shape the natural world and how the environment shapes human life.
human interaction
Solar System
At different times of the year, they receive more sun at different _____, which causes the seasons to change.
times
Has few trees, plains, and prairies
Grasslands
Holds almost all of the world's fresh water
Lakes/rivers/streams
Consist of absolute location or the exact place and relative location or comparison to other places around it.
several layers and most of the Earth's mass
mantle
Weather
Distribute the sun's heat from one part of the world to another adapted to survive in extreme conditions
Currents
When an earthquake causes a giant wave in the ocean
Tsunamis
The types of distance: linear or how far something travels, the time or how long it takes and psychological or how people view it
Movement
layer of gases that protects the Earth from radiation and debris. The climate we have a moderate climate.
Atmosphere
Weather conditions for a particular location over a long period of time.
Climate
There are 5 large regions
1. Tropical
2. Dry
3. Mid-latitude
4. High latitude
5. Highland
What are the 4 main parts of the ocean?
1. Atlantic
2. Pacific
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
Region
thin layer of rock at the Earth's surface
crust
There are 5 main weather extremes
1. Hurricanes
2. Tornadoes
3. Blizzard
4. Droughts
5. Floods
There are 12 subregions, which ones are missing: tropical, humid continental, ice cap, mediterranean, desert, subarctic, semiarid
- Tropical Wet and Dry
- Marine West Coast
- Humid Subtropical
- Tundra
- Highlands
There are oceanic and continental, which means what?
- Continental: land