Geographer Tools
A map created by projecting an image of Earth onto a cone.
Conic Projection
The amount of elements in geography.
6
The amount of planets in our solar system.
8
This part of the Earth is the uppermost layer.
Crust
This type of molten rock comes from the mantel and causes plates to spread.
Magma
90*N and 90*E is an example of this kind of location.
Absolute Location
The specific location of a place, including its physical setting.
Site
The first four planets closest to the sun is group together.
Terrestrial Planets
This layer of the Earth is mostly comprised of Nickel and Iron.
Core
When there is a crack or break in the Earth's crust.
Fault
The height of a land surface above the level of the sea.
Elevation
AA region defined by a common characteristic.
Formal Region
These space debris is more icy, and made up of more frozen gas.
Comets
This is where we find all life on Earth.
Biosphere
When weathered rock is carried by wind and moving water.
Erosion
Thematic Map
Thinking that everyone in Texas has guns, eat stakes, and own a truck is this kind of region.
Perceptual Region
The largest planet in the solar system.
Jupiter
The name from the theory that all continents were once together.
Pangea
The degree that our Earth is tilted.
23 Degrees
This system helps us process and organize details about Earth while using satellite images.
GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
The four types of research methods.
Direct Observation, Mapping, Interviewing, Statistical Data
We refer to this space rock beyond Neptune as a "dwarf planet".
Pluto
When an ocean plate slowly goes underneath a continental plate creating debris.
Accretion
The part of the Earth that helps reflect radiation rays from the Sun.
Atmosphere