Ch.1-3 Flashcards
What is the difference between physical and political maps?
Physical-shows the topography of earth’s features
Political-shows the boundaries between countries and states
What Greek word does geography come from?
Geographia
What are the types of location?
Absolute-the exact point where latitude and longitude meet
Relative-the location of one place in relation to another
What are two branches of geography and how they differ?
Physical-focuses on the study of earth’s physical features
Human-focuses on human activities and their relationship to cultural and physical environments
What geographers do?
Make observations of the earth and its climate,etc;make maps(cartographers);interview people to understand the human/environment interaction;create statistics to define regions and the land;use computers to make effective maps, charts, and such.
How far is earth from sun?
93,000,000 miles
What percentage of earth is water? What’s it called?
70%;hydrosphere
What percentage is earth land? What’s it called?
30%;lithosphere
What’s highest point on earth?
Mount Everest(29,028ft)
What’s the lowest point on earth?
Dead Sea(1,312ft below sea level)
What deepest part of the ocean?
Mariana Trench(35,800ft)
What are the seven continents?
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Antarctica,, Africa, Australia
What are the five oceans?
Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic
What is mantle made up of?
Thick rock such as silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron, and nickel with two layers
What is the crust? What is it made of?
It’s the top layer of earth;consists of rock that actually “float” on partially melted layers in the upper mantle.
How many inches do plates move a year?
4 inches
What is the difference between internal and external forces?
Internal-forces within the earth such as plate shifts such as folds and faults. These also cause earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and tsunamis
External-forces outside of earth that are out in the open. Weather(physical rocks break, and chemical-elements combine, rust) and erosion(from wind, glaciers, and water)
What is difference between weather climate?
Weather-the condition of the atmosphere in one place during a limited period of time
Climate-the term for the weather patterns that typically experiences over a long period of time
What is the angle of earth?
23 1/2 degrees
The ___________ is located in the northern hemisphere at 23.5 degrees north.
Tropic of Cancer
The ___________ is in the Southern Hemisphere at 23.5 degrees south
Tropic of Capricorn
What marks the spring equinox?
March 21
What marks the beginning of winter?
December 22
What marks the beginning of fall?
September 23
