Question | Answer |
What are the two types of location that geographers use as reference points? | Absolute, Relative |
Geographers study political science to learn what? | To study human activities and their relationship to cultural and physical environments. |
Erosion is the warring away of Earth's what? | Surface. |
A stream is a body of water that what? | Is flowing and is made from melting water, a spring, or an overflowing lake. |
Groundwater comes from... | Rain and melted snow that filter through the soil and form water. |
What is magma? | Molten rock that is pushed up from the mantle and makes ridges. |
In which months do equinoxes take place? | March, September. |
An oasis is a place in the desert at which... | Is an area of lush vegetation. |
Global winds that blow in fairly constant patterns are called... | Prevailing winds. |
The earth rotates on its axis one time each... | Day. |
Wind patterns are... | Patterns of the wasy air moves across the earth. |
The earth's polar areas lie in the... | 66N+, 66s-; Arctic Circle, Antarctic circle; High Latitudes. |
Streams of ocean water are called... | Currents |
Calm, windless areas at the edge of the Tropics are called the... | Doldrums |
Between March 20 and September 23, the sun never ______ at the North Pole. | Sets. |