Ch1 - pp. 2-10

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of the earth

Question 2

What percent of the earth is water ?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

What percent of the earth is land ?

Answer 3

30%

Question 4

What percent of the earth do humans live on ?

Answer 4

15%

Question 5

What are the names of the continents ?

Answer 5

Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

Question 6

Topography

Answer 6

The shape and elevation of the land

Question 7

What are the names of the oceans ?

Answer 7

Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean.

Question 8

Atlantic Ocean

Answer 8

Second largest ocean

Question 9

Arctic Ocean

Answer 9

Smallest and coldest ocean

Question 10

Indian Ocean

Answer 10

Warmest ocean

Question 11

Pacific Ocean

Answer 11

The largest and deepest ocean

Question 12

Latitude

Answer 12

The lines that run east and west around the globe.

Question 13

Longitude

Answer 13

The lines that run north and south around the globe.

Question 14

Degrees

Answer 14

Each line of latitude and longitude is measured by this.

Question 15

Coordinates

Answer 15

The point where the parallel and the meridian intersect at that location.

Question 16

Hydro-logic Cycle

Answer 16

A way of moving the moisture from the oceans to the land and back to the oceans again.

Question 17

Equator

Answer 17

The parallel of latitude that encircles the earth halfway between the North and South poles.

Question 18

Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Answer 18

Two half spheres of the earth made by the equator.

Question 19

Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

Answer 19

Lie 1,600 miles North and South of the equator.

Question 20

Prime Meridian

Answer 20

At the 180 degree longitude dividing the earth into the Easter and Western Hemispheres

Question 21

International Date Line

Answer 21

Zigzags through the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Question 22

Arctic and Antarctic Circle

Answer 22

Lie 1,600 miles from the North and South poles.

Question 23

Eastern and Western Hemispheres

Answer 23

Two half spheres of the earth made by the Prime Meridian.

Question 24

Mountains

Answer 24

The most prominent landscape feature on the earth.

Question 25

Hills

Answer 25

Between 500 and 2,000 feet in height, have rounded tops, and do not usually have such steep slopes.

Question 26

Plateaus

Answer 26

Flat tops with gorges and canyons cutting through them.

Question 27

Mesa

Answer 27

A formation similar to a plateau but smaller.

Question 28

Buttes

Answer 28

Resemble mesas but are much smaller in diameter

Question 29

Valleys

Answer 29

Low shadowy places tucked between mountains

Question 30

Plains

Answer 30

Flat, rolling lands with few changes in elevation

Question 31

Delta

Answer 31

A triangular-shaped land form where a river fans out into smaller streams before it reaches the ocean.

Question 32

Estuary

Answer 32

The wide mouth of a river, where the ocean tide meets the river current

Question 33

Peninsulas

Answer 33

Extensions of the main body of land with water on three sides

Question 34

Island

Answer 34

Differs from a peninsula, in that water completely surrounds it.

Question 35

Isthmus

Answer 35

Landmasses connected to each other by a narrow strip of land.

Question 36

Streams

Answer 36

When the snow melts and rivulets of water begin running downhill, joining other rivulets along the way

Question 37

Rivers

Answer 37

When streams join in the same manner

Question 38

Waterfall

Answer 38

Some of the most spectacular scenes in nature, where rivers plunge and form a cliff or a shelf of rock.

Question 39

Lake

Answer 39

A body of water surrounded by land.

Question 40

Lake Superior

Answer 40

The world’s largest freshwater lake.

Question 41

Reservoirs

Answer 41

When rivers are dammed to create artificial lakes.

Question 42

Oasis

Answer 42

When the gravel thins, and the water reappears