Reading Maps
Latitude lines run...
side to side (East to West)
What is the study of Earth’s landscapes, peoples, places, and environments
Geography
What lake is next to our city?
Lake Michigan
What are waterways?
Bodies of water that you can travel on
What is made of living and nonliving things that interact in an environment
An ecosystem
Longitude lines run
top to bottom (North to South)
What is the study of Earth’s landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and environments?
Physical geography
Who is the fashion-obsessed villain in "101 Dalmatians"?
Cruella de Vil
What is a landform?
A landform is a feature on Earth’s surface that is part of the terrain
What is anything that is found or made in nature that people think is valuable and can be used.
Natural Resource
Which is written first?
Latitude is written first
What are the FIVE regions in the United States?
What's the only flying mammal?
A bat
Name two kinds of waterways.
Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, ponds, canal
What is a renewable resource?
Resources that can be replenished or built up again.
Geographers use Latitude and Longitude lines to do what?
to find an exact location
What is the study of how humans affect and are affected by environments?
Human geography
What was the last state admitted to the U.S.?
Hawaii
Name at least TWO minor landforms.
buttes, canyons, valleys, basins, deltas, etc.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
Resources that take millions of years to form and cannot be replenished.
What is a set point of numbers where two lines meet called?
Coordinates
Name the FIVE ways to determine regions:
Landforms
Climate
Natural resources
Economics
Population
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
Name the Four major types of landforms:
Mountains, hills, plateaus, and plains.
Name at least ONE example of a renewable AND nonrenewable resource.
Renewable: solar energy, wind, falling water, the heat of the earth (geothermal), plant materials (biomass), waves, ocean currents, temperature differences in the oceans and the energy of the tides
Nonrenewable: oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy (fossil fuels)