Question | Answer |
Study of Earth and its people | Geography |
Name the 5 Themes | Location, place, HEI, movement and regions |
Position of a place on the Earth's surface | Location |
Exact spot on Earth | Absolute location |
Describes where the feature is in relation to features around it. | Relative location |
Describes characteristics of a location that make it unique | Place |
Includes landforms, plants, animals and weather patterns | Physical features |
Describes how people affect natural surroundings & how environment impacts them. | HEI ( Human Environmental Interaction) |
Refers to areas of the Earth's surface that have common characteristics such as: land, natural resources and population | Region |
_____________ geography is the study of natural resources available in an area and ways people use resources like: water, forests, land and even wind. | Physical geography |
_____________ geography that focuses on people and their activities such as religions, languages and ways of life. | Human geography |
10 years is a ________________ | Decade |
100 years is a _____________________ | Century |
1000 years is a ____________________ | Millennium |
Name the four periods that societies group history into | Prehistory
Ancient History
Middle Ages
Modern History |
Identify the planet that is no longer a major planet? | Pluto |
The Earth, sun and seven other planets make up the ___________? | Solar System |
Leap year occurs every ________ year(s). | 4 |
Means to spin on an axis | Rotate |
Imaginary line that psses through e cneter of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole | Axis |
Layer of oxygen and gases that surround Earth | Atmosphere |
T/F - Direct rays of the sun bring less warmth. | False |
Summer Solstice begins on what month and day? | June 21st |
Winter Solstice begins on what month and day? | December 22nd |
Spring Equinox begins on what month and day? | March 21st |
Fall Equinox begins on what month and day? | September 23rd |
T/F - The sun's rays hit indirectly in the low latitudes areas between Tropic of Cancer and th Tropic of Capricorn. | False -- rays hit directly |
T/F - Sun's rays hit directly near the South and North Poles. | False --rays hit indirectly |