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Tools/Uses of Geography
Miscellaneous
100
This landform is found between mountains or hills.
What is a valley
100
Where are the sources of rivers often located?
What is the tops of mountains.
100
Geographers identify individual features of land, like mountains, plains etc. This is called a place's _________ characteristics.
What is physical
100
These are the main tools of geography.
What are maps and globes.
100
This is the study of earth in all its variety.
What is geography.
200
How do plains and plateaus differ?
What is plateaus are more elevated.
200
This is a narrow body of water between two pieces of land.
What is a strait.
200
Geographers study how people live in a place. For example, religion, language and ancestors. This is called ________ characteristics.
What is human.
200
This special computer software helps geographers gather many kinds of information about the same place. It is later used to make maps.
What is geographic information systems (GIS).
200
These are areas that share common characteristics.
What are regions.
300
How do hills and mountains differ?
What is mountains are taller and have more rugged slopes. Hills are lower and more rounded.
300
This is a soil deposit at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta.
300
This is an area that share common characteristics.
What is region.
300
What is the difference between GPS and GIS?
GPS uses satellites used to identify location. GIS is a special computer software used to analyze data and create maps.
300
These are the two reasons people settle in a particular area.
What is resources and climate.
400
This is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is a isthmus.
400
These are the lowest spots on the the earth's crust (underwater valleys).
What are trenches.
400
What do geographers study to determine the human characteristics of a place?
What is language, religion, ways of life.
400
This is a group of satellites traveling around the earth. This also helps determine an exact location.
What is Global Positioning System (GPS)
400
These two landforms are formed by rivers.
What is valleys, canyons, deltas.
500
This is an underwater plateau.
What is a continental shelf.
500
What percentage of the earth surface is water?
What is 70%.
500
These are the individual features of the land.
What is landforms.
500
These are the three uses of geography.
What is to find a location, planning, making good decisions, using resources wisely.
500
These are the three landforms found underwater.
What is mountains,trenches, continental shelf.