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Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is geography? | description of the earth |
| 5 themes of geography: | location, place, human/environment interaction, movement, and region |
| What is absolute location? | a place's precise position on the globe |
| What is latitude? | Lines running north and south of the equator (horizontal) |
| What is longitude? | Lines running east and west of the Prime Meridian (vertical) |
| What is relative location? | The location of a place in relation to other places |
| A description of a place includes: | land, animal life, people, cultures, etc. |
| Human/Environment interaction includes questions like... | Why do people choose to live in certain places? How do they adapt to their environment? How do they change it? |
| Movement includes asking the question... | How and why do people move around the earth? |
| Movement includes: | Interdependent communities |
| Region is based on: | Physical features and human characteristics. |
| Where are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn on a globe in relation to the equator? | The Tropic of Cancer is above it and the Tropic of Capricorn is below it. |
| What is atmosphere? | air that surrounds the earth. It goes up to 1,000 miles above the earth. |
| Earth is ___ miles away from the Sun with a diameter of ___miles at the equator. | 93 million miles from Sun; diameter of 8,000 miles at equator |
| The Earth is ___% water and ___% land. | 70% water and 30% land |
| The ___ includes the water of the earth: oceans, lakes, rivers, etc. | Hydrosphere |
| The ___ includes the land of the earth: the earth's crust | Lithosphere |
| Highest point on Earth is: It is in: It is ___ feet high | Mount Everest, Asia, 29,028 feet |
| Lowest point on Earth is: It is ___ feet below sea level | Dead Sea, 1,312 feet |
| Deepest part of ocean is: It is about ___ feet deep | Mariana Trench, 35,800 feet |
| 3 Layers of the earth: | Crust, Mantle, Core |
| Describe the Core. | iron and nickel with 2 layers in the center of the earth |
| Describe the Mantle. | thick rocks such as silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, and magnesium |
| Describe the Crust. | rock that actually "floats" on partially melted layers in upper-mantle. |
| How much do the earth's plates move each year? | roughly 4 inches |
| Internal forces include: | earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis |
| All three internal forces are caused by: | plate shifts such as folds and faults |
| External forces include: | weathering and erosion |
| Name the 7 continents. | NA, SA, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, Australia |
| What separates Asia and Europe? | The Ural Mountains |
| Name the 5 oceans. | Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Southern |
| What are minerals? | substance from Earth that isn't living nor made from living things |
| What are fossil fuels? | fuels formed from remains of plants and animals from years ago |
| What affects the value of resources! | use, supply, and changes |
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rachelebrady
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