flashcards for Physical Geography (Chapters 1–3)
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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| show | The exact position of a place on Earth using latitude and longitude.
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| Biomes | show 🗑
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| Climate | show 🗑
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| El Niño | show 🗑
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| Elevation | show 🗑
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| show | An imaginary line circling Earth at 0° latitude, dividing it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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| show | A region defined by a common characteristic, such as a political boundary or a shared climate (e.g., Texas, the Sahara Desert).
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| show | A region centered around a hub or focal point connected by movement or function (e.g., a subway system, a city and its suburbs).
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| show | A region defined by people’s feelings and attitudes rather than objective data (e.g., "the South" or "the Midwest").
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| show | The side of a mountain facing away from the wind; usually dry due to lack of moisture.
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| Orographic Effect | show 🗑
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| Place | show 🗑
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| Rainshadow | show 🗑
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| Region | show 🗑
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| show | The position of a place in relation to other places (e.g., “north of Houston”).
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| Weather | show 🗑
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| show | The side of a mountain facing the wind; receives more precipitation due to moist air rising and cooling.
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| show | A climate pattern with cooler Pacific waters that brings dry weather to some areas and heavy rain to others.
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| show | an imaginary line that follows the curve of the earth and represents the shortest distance between two points
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| Map projection | show 🗑
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| Planar projection | show 🗑
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| Cylindrical projection | show 🗑
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| Conic projection | show 🗑
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| show | map that emphasizes a single idea or a particular kind of information about an area
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