Ch 1 And Ch 2 Review 1/20/14 Flashcards
Name the cardinal directions
north, east, south, west
Latitude lines aka
parallels
longitude lines aka
meridians
the exact address of any place on earth
absolute location
has a unifying human or physical feature such as population history, climate or landforms
region
human and physical features at a specific location
place
how people, goods, ideas get from one place to another
movement
location of a place relative to another place
relative location
how people affect their environment or their natural surroundings and how their environment affects them
Human-Environment Interaction
relative size
scale
loss of accuracy
distortion
method of mapping Earth on a flat surface
projection
a projection that makes areas near the poles look bigger than they are
Mercator Map
The best work map projection available today
Robinson Projection
0 degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
0 degrees latitude
Equator
latitude lines help determine our
seasons
longitude line help label our
time zones
longitude lines run
north and south
latitude lines run
east to west
how far is the earth from the sun?
93 million miles
name of our galaxy?
Milky Way Galaxy
how long does a complete rotation of earth take?
23 hrs and 56 min
circular motion around an object
revolution
the sun is directly above the tropic of cancer and the arctic sun never sets. Northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
summer solstice
low latitudes
tropics
thick hot rocky layer around the core
mantle
sphere of very hot metal at the center of the earth
core
the thin layer of rocks and minerals that surround the mantle
crust
land forms that rise more than 2000 ft above sea level or the surrounding flatlands
mountains
how much water is on earth?
70% of earth”s surface is water
soft nearly molten rock
magma
the removal of small pieces of rock by water ice or winds
erosion
surrounds the plate that makes up the pacific ocean
Ring of fire
the place where that plates rub together
faults
the one huge continent
pangaea
a process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces
weathering
water that falls to the ground as rain sleet hail or snow
precipitation
how hot or cold the air is
temperature
the average temperature over many years of a place
climate
helps distribute earth”s heat and shape climates
oceans
warm water flows away from the equator and cold water moves closer to the equator
flow of the ocean
they circle earth in time with earth”s rotation stands for geostationary operational environmental satellites
GOES
plants that grow in a region
vegetation
climates that are cold all year long
polar climates
an area near the arctic circle of cold climate and low lying vegetation
tundra
a park-like landscape of grass lands with scattered trees
savanna
trees that produce cones that carry seeds
coniferous trees
trees that lose their leaves in the fall
deciduous trees
An extensive area of level land of low altitude- less than 500 ft
Plains
A level area on top of an elevated land area
Plateau
A narrow strip of land joining two large areas
Isthmus
A stretch of land almost all surrounded by water
Peninsula
Chain of islands
Archipelago
An arrow stretch of sea connecting two extensive areas of sea
Strait
A large bay,an extensive inlet penetrating into land
Gulf
