Introduction To Geography Flashcards
What is the study of the earth?
Geography
What is the idea that the earth and mankind developed by “accident” and evolved toward a better state over billions of years?
Evolution
What is the infallible word of God?
The Bible
What are large bodies of land surrounded or nearly surrounded by water?
Continents
Name the 7 continents in order, from largest to smallest.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica. Europe, and Australia
What is the shape and elevation of the land?
Topography
What are the largest bodies of water called?
Oceans
What is the largest and deepest ocean called?
The Pacific Ocean
What is the deepest point on earth?
The Mariana Trench
What is a large canyon on the Pacific Ocean floor?
The Challenger Deep
What is the second largest ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean
What is the second smallest and the warmest ocean?
The Indian Ocean
What is the smallest and coldest ocean?
The Arctic Ocean
What are the smaller extensions and branches of the oceans?
Seas and Gulfs
What are the lines that run east and west around the globe?
The Parallels of Latitude
What is the parallel of latitude that encircles the earth halfway between the North and South Poles?
The equator
What are the two equal sides of the earth called?
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What are the four parallels of latitude?
Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer, the Arctic Circle, and the Antarctic Circle
What are the verticals of longitude called?
Meridians
What is the meridian located at 180 degrees longitude?
The prime meridian
What hemispheres do the prime meridian separate the world into?
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What the meridian located on the opposite side of the world of the prime meridian?
The International Dateline
What is the exact point where the parallel and the meridian intersect at that location?
Coordinates
What are the most prominent landscape figures on the earth?
Mountains
What involves the changes that that take place in the lower atmosphere?
Weather
What involves certain patterns of weather which occur over a long period of time in a particular region?
Climate
What divisions of the earth better describe climates around the world?
Climate zones
What climate zone is warm all year?
Torrid zone
What climate zone has wide ranges of temperatures?
Temperate zone
What winds that blow from the southeast did merchants name because they could use the winds to sail from Europe?
Trade winds
What were the trade winds that sailors used to reach the Americas?
Prevailing westerlies
What are large storms or cyclones?
Hurricanes
What is the release of water from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, or sleet?
Precipitation
What is the height above sea level?
Elevation
What German climatologist introduced a system of climatic classification?
Wladimir Köppen
What climates experience high temperatures and precipitation?
Tropical climates
What is the Arabic word for season?
Monsoon
What climates receive little to no precipitation?
Dry climates
What involves the changes that that take place in the lower atmosphere?
Weather
What involves certain patterns of weather which occur over a long period of time in a particular region?
Climate
What divisions of the earth better describe climates around the world?
Climate zones
What climate zone is warm all year?
Torrid zone
What climate zone has wide ranges of temperatures?
Temperate zone
What winds that blow from the southeast did merchants name because they could use the winds to sail from Europe?
Trade winds
What were the trade winds that sailors used to reach the Americas?
Prevailing westerlies
What are large storms or cyclones?
Hurricanes
What renewable resource is renewed by the hydrologic cycle?
Water
What renewable resource is renewed by the weathering of rocks and by decomposing plant life?
Soil
What renewable resource is renewed by plants letting out oxygen?
Air
What is the renewable resource provide for renewed growth?
Trees
What is the name for water that is used to generate energy?
Waterpower
What is the name for energy derived from the heat of the earth’s interior?
Geothermal energy
What force is used to create energy through mills?
Wind
What nonrenewable resource is important for industry?
Iron
What nonrenewable resource is used to form aluminum?
Bauxite
