Compare And Contrast Terms Flashcards
Latitude and longitude
Similar: both are imaginary lines placed by the government to separate the world into areas.
Different: latitude lines run east to west and longitude lines run north to south.
Hydro electricity and thermal electricity
Similar: both are ways of producing electrical energy
Different: hydro electricity is produced using the force of running water, thermal electricity is produced from heat and burning things.
Climate and weather
Similar: show the conditions of the atmosphere
Different: climate shows the average, long term conditions and weather is the short term day to day conditions.
Rural and urban
Similar: both describe an area in which people live and how much population is there.
Different: rural areas are less populated and land plots are bigger. Urban areas have many people living on smaller plots of land.
Weathering and erosion
Similar: change the landscape over time
Different: the weathering process tends to wear down or change the landscape slowly by actions of wind and water. Erosion is the faster movement of land after its been broken.
Inshore and offshore fishing
Similar: both are ways of fishing
Different: inshore fishing is within 10 km of the shore, offshore fishing is in deep waters further from the shore.
Air mass and jet streams
Similar: refer to the movement of air in the atmosphere
Different: air masses are large bodies of air in the lower atmosphere that moves as one large mass and has similar characteristics, jet streams refer to very strong winds concentrated in a narrow stream in the upper atmosphere.
International date line and the prime meridian
Similar: imaginary lines of longitude at divide he earth
Different: international date line is at 180° longitude where one day begins and another ends. The prime meridian is at 0° longitude and marks where all other longitude line are measured away from.
Leeward and windward
Similar: where something is situated in relation to the wind.
Different: leeward is the opposite direction which the wind blows, windward is the direction in which wind blows.
Labor intensive and subsistence farming
Similar: forms of work for some kind of reward.
Different: labor intensive is an industry needing lots of workers and each gets paid for their work. Subsistence is farming done by only the family and no profits are made. The purpose is for survival.
Maritime climate and continental climate
Similar: long term conditions of the atmosphere
Different: maritime climate is influenced by the conditions of the sea. It is usually more humid and moist. Continental climate is influenced by the land. Generally they have extremes in temperature and low precipitation.
Lava and magma
Similar: molten rock in volcanoes
Different: lava is molten magma at earths surface, magma is molten rock beneath the solid crust of the earth.
Agrarian and aquaculture
Similar: forms of growing food
Different: agrarian is growing food on land, aquaculture is growing food in water.
Choice cutting and patch cutting
Similar: both are ways of deforestation
Different: choice cutting is removing one type of tree, patch cutting is removing all trees in an area.
Lithosphere and mantle
Similar: contain rocks to make up a layer of the earth
Different: lithosphere is solid rock and the mantle is semi rock. The mantle is below the lithosphere.
