HURRICANE
True or False - the center of a hurricane is called the eye
TRUE
What does relative location tell you?
A. A place's exact position on earth
B. Why people moved to a certain place
C. A place's position in relation to other people/places
C. A place's position in relation to other people/places
What is the map scale used to figure out?
A. The number of countries on the map
B. Which direction is north, east, south and west
C. The real distance between places on the map
C. The real distance between places on the map
Which one of the following is a solid?
A. Milk
B. Cheese
C. Steam
B. Cheese
Grass and plants get energy from
A. The sun
B. Eating food
C. Windmills
A. The sun
What is it like inside the eye of the hurricane?
A. Rainy and windy
B. Calm and clear
B. Calm and clear
Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?
A. Landforms
B. Climate
C. Language
C. Language
If you wanted to know the symbol for "river" where on a map would you look?
A. The scale
B. The compass rose
C. The legend
C. The legend
Which of the following is a property of a liquid?
A. It has definite shape
B. It does not have a definite mass
C. It takes the shape of the container
C. It takes the shape of the container
Energy that comes from the heat inside the Earth is called
A. Solar
B. Geothermal
C. Kinetic
B. Geothermal
Where do hurricanes start?
A. Far out in the ocean
B. Over land
C. Beaches
D. In lakes
A. Far out in the ocean
Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places?
A. Place
B. Region
C. Human-environment interaction
B. Region
If you wanted to figure out the average temperature in Africa, what kind of map would you use?
A. Agricultural map
B. Physical map
C. Climate map
C. Climate map
What does all matter have?
A. Ice
B. Liquid
C. Mass
C. Mass
Potential energy is
A. Energy that can be destroyed
B. Energy that can be created
C. Energy that's stored
C. Energy that's stored
What is the first step in the formation of a hurricane?
A. The sun heats the water
B. The water turns into water vapor and rises into air
C. The water vapor turns into clouds and rain
A. The sun heats the water
What are lines of latitude and longitude?
A. A place's position in terms of time, direction, distance or a landmark
B. The borders that divide cultural regions
C. An imaginary grid that has been placed on the globe to help us locate things
C. An imaginary grid that has been placed on the globe to help us locate things
If you wanted to know which direction you'd have to travel to get from New York to Philadelphia, where on a map would you look?
A. The scale
B. The compass rose
C. The legend
B. The compass rose
Atoms of a ______ are the farthest apart
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
C. Gas
A baseball that is moving through the air has ______ energy
A. Potential
B. Kinetic
B. Kinetic
When do storms officially become hurricanes?
A. When they reach land
B. When they're given a name
C. When the speed of their winds reach 74 mph
C. When the speed of their winds reach 74 mph
Name the 5 themes of geography
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region
Name 3 types of maps
Physical, political, climate, etc.
Name 2 types of solid, liquid and gas
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Name 3 types of energy
Kinetic, thermal, sound, chemical...