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cwms geo1
Terms for geo unit test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Plants that grow in an area | Vegetation |
| All forms of water, such as rain, snow, sleet and hail that fall to the ground from the atmosphere. | Precipitation |
| A map scale helps you find the actual distance. | Scale |
| The study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connnections between places, and the relationships between people and their environment. | Geography |
| Is the condition of the bottom layer of the Earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time (temperature and prcipitation). | Weather |
| A misrepresentation of the true shape, each projection produces some distortion. | Distortion |
| A representation of the Earth's rounded, surface on a flat piece of paper. | Projection |
| Imaginary line that circles the Earth at its widest point (latitude lines) | Equator |
| A series of imaginary lines, circle the Earth parallel to the Equator, measure distance north or south of the equator. | Latitude Lines |
| Imaginary lines that measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. | Longitude Lines |
| The weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time. | Climate |
| A symbol on a compass or a map | Compass Rose |
| Four principal points of a compass | Cardinal Directions |
| Imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole (longitude lines) | Prime Meridian |
| North-east (NE), north-west (NW), south-west (SW), and south-east (SE). | Intermediate Directions |
| Tells you what a map shows | Map Title |
| Location, Movement, Region, Interaction, Place | The five themes of Geography |
| Circle | Sphere |
| Half of a Circle | Hemisphere |
| The weather pattern over a long period of time. | Climate |
| The condition of the air over a short period of time. Temerature, Precipitation, Wind. | Weather (daily) |
| The hotness and coldness of the air measured with a thermometer. | Temperature |
| Plant made by itself | Natural Vegetation |
| The major mountain range in western North America | Rocky Mountains |
| A huge, slo-moving mass of snow and ice. | glacier |
| The world's largest group of freshwater lakes | Great Lakes |
| A river of stream that flows into a larger river. | tributary |
| A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half the year. | tundra |
| A permanently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil | Permafrost |
| A political division of land in Canada | province |
| Fertile topsoil left by a river, especially after a flood | alluvial soil |
| A large company that runs huge farms | agribusiness |
| Electric power produced by moving water | hydroelectricity |
| A fuel formed over millions of years from animal and plant remains | fossil fuel |
| These occur when magma, or molten rock, breaks through the earths crust | volcano |
| Which bodies of water lie on the border between the United States and Canada? | The Great Lakes |
| Name the Great Lakes | Lake Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. (Acrostic = HOMES) Huron-Ontario-Michigan-Erie-Superior |
| The major rivers of Canada | Mackenzie river and St. Lawrence river. |
| The major rivers of the United States | Mississippi river |
| The boundary that separates rivers flowing to the Pacific Ocean from those flowing to the Atlantic Ocean. | Continental Divide |
| Name the four major kinds of natural vegetation in the United States and Canada. | Coniferous Trees (pine, fir, spruce), Deciduous Trees (shed their leaves in the fall), Shrubs (in desert scrub region), Grasses (found in praries) |
| How do oceans effect climate | Water heats up and cools down slower than land. Wind blowing across water on to land tend to warm the land in winter and cool the land in summer. Areas near an ocean tend to have milder climates. |
| Regions of lfat or rolling land covered with grasses. | Prairie |
Created by:
mrpearsall
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