Preliminary 1 Flashcards
Cardinal points/Cardinal directions
North
South
East
West
4 oceans of the world
Indian ocean
Pacific ocean
Arctic ocean
Atlantic ocean
Water cover up ____ of the earth
2/3
7 continents
Asia Africa Europe North America South America Antarctica Australia and the Oceania
Most popular destination
United States of America
Most populous nation
China 1.3 Billion
2nd populous nation
India 1B
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
Smallest continent and largest island
Australia
Only continent occupied by one nation
Australia
How many Southeast Asia Nation
10
10 ASEAN nation
Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Malaysia Singapore Laos Philippines Indonesia Brunei
Time of Philippines
GMT +8
North
12 o clock
East
3 o clock
South
6 o clock
West
9 o clock
World
360 degrees
Prime meridian
GMT 0 degree
Latitude drawing
Longitude drawing
Illustrates Physical features of an area such as mountains, rivers and lakes. The water is usually shown in blue. It has legends
Physical map
Give general info about climate and precipitation of the reigions. Map makers use different colors to show different climate
Climate/Climatic map
Describe the natural resources or economic activities dominates an area of a map
Economic or Resource map
Contour lines to show the shape and elevation of an area
Topographic map
Showing signs and major ends of major and minor road, highways, airports
Road maps
Shows remarkable happenings in every area. It reflects historical phenomena and events that illustrate the interpendent of development of physique and geographic factors
Historical map
Philippines
Near the equator tropical
Farther of every area
Degrees
Latitude
15 degrees
Longitude
0 degrees
Seven continents of the world
11,970,000 area in square mile 11,507,000 area in square mile 8,813,000 area in square mile 8,260,000 area in square mile 6,765,000 area in square mile 5,405,000 area in square mile 3,254,000 area in square mile
World’s 10 largest lakes
Caspian sea 143,244 area in square mile Lake Superior 31,700 area in square mile Lake Victoria 26,828 area in square mile Aral Sea 24,904 area in square mile Lake Hiron 23,0000 area in square mile Lake Michigan 22,300 area in square mile Lake Tanganyika 12,700 area in square mile Lake Baikal 12,162 area in square mile Great Bear Lake 12, 096 area in square mile Lake Nyasa 11,150 area in square mile
It is the study of physical features of the earth
Geography
The four main points of the compass
Cardinal points
Sun rises in the___
East direction
Sun sets in the ___
West direction
It is the imaginary line traveling horizontally around the globe. It is equidistant to each other
Latitude
Lines on the globe for horizontally/horizontal (draw)
Parallel of latitudes
Circle the earth from east to west
Lines of Latitude/Parallels
These lines are same distance apart about 1 degree or 69 miles
Lines of Latitude/Parallels
Each degree is further divided into smaller lines
1 degree: 60 minutes
1 minute: 60 second
Traveling vertically around the globe. It is not parallel
Longitude/Meridian
0 degrees longitude
Prime meridian
Lines that run from north to south on earth
Meridians of Longitude
These lines measured the same as parallel of latitude in degrees, minutes and seconds
Meridians of longitude
Unlike parallel of latitude, they intersect at the north and south poles
Meridians of longitude
The 0 degree prime meridian passes through the observatory in ___
Greenwich, UK
It lies 0 degree latitude halfway between the north and south pole
Equator
Half of the earth’s surface
Hemisphere
The Four Hemisphere
Northern and Southern Hemisphere divided by the equator (0 degree latitude)
Eastern and Western divided by the prime meridian (0 degree longitude)
International Date Line (180 degree)
Significant lines of latitude
Tropic of Cancer(23. 5 degree North) and Arctic Circle (66.5 degree North) (North of the Equator)
Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degree South)and Antarctic Circle (66.5 degree South) (South of the Equator)
The regions of earth in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and are known for hot temperatures and dense forests
Tropics
The regions of earth in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the North are known for four seasons:
Winter
Summer
Autumm
Spring
The regions of earth in between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the South is also known for its four seasons:
Summer
Winter
Autumn
Spring
It is the representation of a physical plane with a selective information
Map
It represents infinite area and contain detailed geographic information
Map
Types of maps
Road map Political map Historical map Topographic map Climate map Physical map Resource map Physical map
It does not show physical features instead they indicate state and national boundaries and capital and major cities
Political map
Map makers
Cartographers
It has alter-silicate solid crust, a highly vicious mantle, a liquid-alter core that is less vicious than the mantle and a solid inner core
Earth
Structure of the earth consists of the
Crust
Mantle
Core
It is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet or natural satellite
Crust
The thinnest of the layers flows on the semi-liquid mantle beneath
Earth’s crust
It consists of all kinds of rocks, soil and everything you see above the earth;s surface
Crust
The land on which we walk is almost 3 times thicker that the __ under the oceans
Crust
It extends about 25 miles
Crust
It is the thick layer of rock which is partly molten and running
Mantle
The earth’s crust floats in this layer
Mantle
It is made of thick, solid rocky substance it mounts about 85% of the total mass of earth
Mantle
The first __ of the mantle consists of very hard rigid rocks.
50 miles
The next ___ of the mantle are made up of super hot solid rocks.
150 miles
Below that for the next ___, the earth’s mantle is believed to be made up of very solid and sturdy rock materials.
several hundred miles
The mantle is about __
1,800 miles
By far the largest layer on earth
Mantle
The earth’s __ of the earth is a fluid layer about ___ composed of mostly iron and nickel that lies about earth’s solid inner core and below its mantle. Its outer boundary lies __ beneath’s earth’s surface
Outer core
2,200 km
2,890 km
It is made up of super hot, liquid molten substance called __
Outercore
Lava
It is believed to be made of iron and nickel. It extends to a depth of __ beneath the surface
Lava
3,000
The earth’s innermost part. According to seismological studies, it has been believed to be primarily a solid ball with a radius of __ It is composed of an iron, nickel, alloy and some light elements
Inner core
1,220 km or 768 miles