Chapter 1

Question 1

What runs opposite of the equator

Answer 1

Longitude

Question 2

What is the highest point on earth

Answer 2

Mt Everest

Question 3

What is the lowest point on earth

Answer 3

Dead Sea

Question 4

What is the deepest part of the ocean

Answer 4

Mariana Trench

Question 5

What’s the difference between physical and political maps

Answer 5

Physical maps show the topography of earths features and political maps show the boundaries between countries or states

Question 6

What Greek word does geography come from and what does it mean

Answer 6

Geographia and earths description

Question 7

What do geographers do

Answer 7

Make observations of earth and its climate, make maps, interview people to understand the human environment interaction, create statistics to define regions, use computers to make effective maps charts and such

Question 8

How far away is the earth from the sun

Answer 8

93 million miles

Question 9

How big is the earth in diameter

Answer 9

8000 miles

Question 10

How much of the earth is covered in water

Answer 10

70%

Question 11

What does all of earths water make up

Answer 11

The hydrosphere

Question 12

What is earths land known as

Answer 12

The lithosphere

Question 13

What are the seven continents

Answer 13

NA, SA, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Africa, and Australia

Question 14

What are the 5 oceans

Answer 14

Atlantic, pacific, arctic, Indian, and southern

Question 15

Know the water cycle

Answer 15

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Question 16

What layer of the early is made up of silicon, oxygen, aluminum, and magnesium

Answer 16

Mantle

Question 17

What are earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis examples of

Answer 17

Internal forces

Question 18

What are some examples of external forces

Answer 18

Weathering and erosion

Question 19

What is the midnight sun

Answer 19

When one pole is continuously dark for six months and the other is continuously light

Question 20

What are winds that blow in a constant pattern

Answer 20

Prevailing winds

Question 21

What is the windless band next to the equator

Answer 21

The doldrums

Question 22

What is the El Niño

Answer 22

The change in the pattern of ocean currents and water temps in the mid-pacific region. The water is warmer than usual

Question 23

What are the five themes of geography

Answer 23

Region, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and location

Question 24

What runs through Greenwich England

Answer 24

The prime meridian

Question 25

What is absolute location

Answer 25

The exact point where latitude and longitude meet

Question 26

What is relative location

Answer 26

The location of one place in relation of another

Question 27

What is physical geography

Answer 27

Focuses on earth physical features

Question 28

What is human geography

Answer 28

Focuses on human activities and there relationship with the cultural and physical environment

Question 29

How much do plates move each year

Answer 29

4 inches

Question 30

What is located in the northern hemisphere at 23.5 degrees north

Answer 30

Tropic of Cancer

Question 31

Wha is located in the Southern Hemisphere at 23.5 degrees south

Answer 31

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 32

What is the date for the spring equinox

Answer 32

March 21

Question 33

What date marks winter

Answer 33

December 22

Question 34

What date marks the beginning of fall

Answer 34

September 23

Question 35

What date marks the summer solstice

Answer 35

June 21