Geography Basics
The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth.
What is geography?
Texas is two time zones east of Oregon. When it's 10am in Oregon, it is this time in Texas.
What is 12:00pm?
This is the atmospheric conditions in a given place, at a given time.
What is weather?
Fossil fuels are an example of this type of natural resource.
What is nonrenewable?
The beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular group of people.
What is culture?
These are the five themes of geography.
What are location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction?
The earth's revolution causes this to occur.
What are seasons?
This latitude zone is the most likely to experience seasonal changes in weather.
What are temperate zones?
This results from trees being harvested faster than they can be regrown.
What is deforestation?
These include language, laws, religion, value, food, clothing and other customs.
What are cultural traits?
These imaginary lines run east-west, but measure degrees north and south of the equator. They're also called parallels.
What is latitude?
This carries broken down matierals away from their original locations.
What is erosion?
These circulate warm water from the equator and cold water from the poles, impacting nearby air temperature.
What are ocean currents?
This is the act of leaving one's home country for a new one.
What is emigration?
The spread of cultural traits from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
These are the cardinal directions.
What are north, south, east, and west?
This is the process by which rock and other materials are broken down by forces like wind, rain, and ice.
What is weathering?
This is the average weather of a place over an extended period of time.
What is climate?
A new job opportunity might cause someone to immigrate. This new opportunity is considered one of these.
What is a pull factor?
The level of comfort enjoyed by a person or society.
What is standard of living?
This is located at 44o 3' 29.42" N 121o 18' 55.12" W.
What is Bend, Oregon?
This is the process by which eroded material is left in a new location.
What is deposition?
This climate zone is the coldest and driest.
What are polar zones?
Because we need them to meet our basic needs.
Why don't we stop extracting natural resources?
A group of people with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs.
What is a society?