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BellaireGeo unit 1
Bellaire Geography unit 1
Question | Answer |
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geography | the study of the Earth |
latitude | East-west circles around the globe also called parallels |
Parallel | East west lines that never meet also called latitude |
Degrees | circles that divide the globe into units |
Equator | a parallel that divides the globe into north south hemispheres |
Longitude | lines that circle the globe north to south |
Meridian | lines of longitude |
Prime Meridian | line at 0 degrees longitude that divides the earth into east and west circles |
Plain | a region of flat land and not many trees with gently rolling hills |
What are the two questions geographers ask when they study the Earth? | 1. Where are things located 2. Why are they there |
What are the 5 themes of geography?? | Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions |
globe | a round ball like the Earth itself |
scale | size of something |
distortion | change in the accuracy of a shape and distances |
projection | a method of putting a map of Earth onto a flat piece of paper |
Compass rose | the model or symbol that tell you the direction North; a model of a compass |
cardinal direction | North, South, East, West |
Key | legend |