geography vocab swag Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
axis | the imaginary line that the earth rotates on |
tilt | the 23.5 angle the axis is at |
rotation | a 24 hour trip that the earth takes around its axis |
revolution | a 365 1/4 day trip the earth takes on an elliptical path around the sun |
orbit | an objects path going around another object |
latitude | imaginary horizontal lines on the earth used to measure the earth vertically |
longiitude | imaginary vertical lines on the earth used to measure horizontally |
what are latitude and longitude used for | to locate a location or to measure the earth |
longitude nicknames.... | verticals |
latitude nicknames.... | parallels |
0 longitude | prime meridian |
0 latitude | equator |
? degrees of longitude | 180 |
? degrees of latitude | 90 |
what causes the seasons | the earths tilt |
equinox | days of the year where there is equal sunlight and darkness |
solstice | days of the year where the sun is at its greatest distance, long periods of sunlight and darkness |
tropics | regions closest to the equator |
polar circles | regions closest to the axis(north and south pole) |
how many equinoxes | 2, fall and spring |
how many solstices | 2, summer and winter |
perspective | how you see things |
geography | the study of the world, its people and the landscapes they create |
2 major branches of geography | physical and human |
physical ..... | rural and urban |
rural | country |
urban | city |
deadliest form of natural disaster.... | flooding |
scarcest resource | fresh water |
cartographer | makes maps |
absolute location | exact location |
relative location | location relating to something else |
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