Because of it's spherical nature this geographic tool is inherently more accurate than any map in its portrayal of the Earth.
What is a GLOBE?
100
These are the 4 layers of the earth.
What are the Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core?
100
What is weathering?
A process by which Earth's surface is worn away by forces such as wind, rain, chemicals, and the movement of ice and flowing water.
100
What is the difference between a plain and a plateau?
Both are flat but plateau rises above the surrounding land.
200
These are the two main branches of geographic study (one studies natural features, the other man made geographic features).
What are Physical and Human Geography?
200
These features are the three most important parts of any map.
What is The key/legend, the scale bar, and the compass rose?
200
These are the 4 physical systems of the earth.
What are the hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere?
200
What is erosion?
The process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice.
200
What is a isthmus?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Ex: Central American country of Panama.
300
This is the name Eratosthenes gave to the study of Earth, its peoples, places, and environments.
What is Geography?
300
This is a type of map that portrays countries, cities, and other man made boundaries/features.
What is a POLITICAL MAP?
300
These are the eight elements that affect climate remembered by a mnemonic.
What are Latitude, Air masses, Continentality, Elevation, Mountain Barriers, Ocean Currents, Pressure cells, and Storms (LACEMOPS)?
300
What are plate tectonics?
The earth's rigid crust is made up of 16 enormous pieces called plate tectonics. They vary in size and shape and how they move.
300
What are the two kinds of water?
Desalinization (Fresh water) and groundwater, Salt Water
400
These are the 5 themes of geography.
What are location, movement, place, region, and human-environment interaction?
400
These are the two main types of maps.
What is a REFERENCE/GENERAL PURPOSE map for general use, and a THEMATIC map for a map displaying one specific type of information?
400
One is based only on current conditions while the other measures conditions throughout the average year for a given location.
What is difference between WEATHER and CLIMATE?
400
What is a fault?
A crack in the earth's crust.
400
When water has disappeared from a puddle on a sunny day, we say that it has....
Evaporated,
500
This is a term for two or more places that share and be defined by one or more characteristics.
What is a REGION?
500
One is a computerized system for storing and displaying different types of mapped information, while the other is a series of satellites transmitting precise coordinates about one's location on the earth's surface.
What is a Geographic Information System and a Global Positioning System?
500
These are are the 6 basic types of climate zones.
What are Tropical, Desert, Humid Temperate, Cold Temperate, Polar, and High Mountain?
500
What are the 3 types of plate movements?
Transform: Plates push over each other
Convergent: Plates crust together
Divergent: Plates on ocean floor move apart
500
An example of a biome is
A. rain forest
B. Cold Temperate
C. Northerly
D. Climate