Chapters 1-2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Geography | Study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of the Earth's surface.
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| Perspective | The way a person looks at something.
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| Landscapes | Scenery of places, including physical, human, and cultural features.
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| Cartography | The study of maps and map-making.
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| Meterology | The study of weather.
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| Perception | Our awareness and understanding of the environment around us.
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| Grid | Lines crisscrossing each other in uniform intervals to create a pattern of squares.
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| Continents | Large landmasses on earth's surface.
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| Atlas | A collection of maps in one book.
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| Map Projections | Different ways of representing a round Earth on a flat map.
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| Great Circle Route | Shortest route in between any two places on the planet.
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| Contiguous | Connecting or bordering.
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| Topography | Elevation, layout, and shape of the land.
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| Climate Graphs | Graphs showing average temperature and precipitation in a place.
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| Population Pyramid | Graphs showing the percentages of males and females by age group in a country's population.
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| Solar System | The sun and the group bodies that revolve around it.
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| Solstice | The time that Earth's poles point at their greatest angle toward or away from the sun.
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| Planets | Major bodies that orbit a star.
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| Equinox | The time when both of Earths poles are at a 90 degree angle from the sun and the sun's direct rays strike the equator.
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| Solar Energy | Energy from the sun, which reaches Earth as light and heat.
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| Atmosphere | The envelope of gases that surrounds a planet like Earth.
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| Rotation | One complete spin of Earth on it's axis.
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| Lithospere | Solid crust of Earth.
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| Revolution | One elliptical orbit of Earth around the sun.
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| Hydroshpere | Earth's water in all its forms.
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| Tropics | Warm, low latitude areas near the equator.
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| Biosphere | The part of Earth that includes all life forms.
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| Polar Regions | High-Latitude, cold regions around the North and South Poles.
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| Environment | Combination of Earth's four spheres, including all of the biological, chemical, and physical conditions that affect life.
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To hide a column, click on the column name.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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