Test One Vocabulary

Question 1

Vocab: Latitude

Answer 1

lines on a globe drawn in a east to west direction and measured in degrees

Question 2

Vocab: Longitude

Answer 2

lines on a globe drawn in a north south direction and measured in degrees

Question 3

Vocab: Equator

Answer 3

An imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Pole

Question 4

Vocab: Prime Meridian

Answer 4

Imaginary line drawn from the North and through Greenwich, England to the South Pole

Question 5

Vocab: Hemisphere

Answer 5

Halves of the globe divided by the equator and prime meridian

Question 6

Vocab: Continents

Answer 6

Large landmasses on Earth’s surface

Question 7

Vocab: Topography

Answer 7

Elevation, shape, and layout of the land

Question 8

Vocab: Geography

Answer 8

The study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of Earth’s surface

Question 9

Vocab: Cartography

Answer 9

The study of maps and map making

Question 10

Vocab: Meteorology

Answer 10

The study of weather

Question 11

Vocab: Formal Region

Answer 11

Region with one or more feature that make it different from surrounding areas

Question 12

Vocab: Functional Region

Answer 12

Region made up of different places that are linked together

Question 13

Vocab: Perceptual/Vernacular

Answer 13

Regions that reflects human feelings and attitudes

Question 14

Vocab: Region

Answer 14

An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas

Question 15

Vocab: Parallels

Answer 15

Lines of latitude

Question 16

Vocab: Meridians

Answer 16

Lines of longitude

Question 17

Vocab: Great Circle Route

Answer 17

Shortest route between any two places

Question 18

Vocab: Compass Rose

Answer 18

A map element with areas pointing in all four principal directions

Question 19

Vocab: Legend

Answer 19

Map Key

Question 20

Vocab: Map projections

Answer 20

Different ways of representing a round Earth on a flat map

Question 21

Vocab: Solar system

Answer 21

The sun and the group of bodies that revolve around it

Question 22

Vocab: Planets

Answer 22

A major body that orbits a star

Question 23

Vocab: Moon

Answer 23

Smaller objects that orbit a planet

Question 24

Vocab: Satellite

Answer 24

A body that orbits a smaller body

Question 25

Vocab: Rotation

Answer 25

One complete spin on earths axis

Question 26

Vocab: Revolution

Answer 26

One elliptical orbit of earth around the sun

Question 27

Vocab: Tropics

Answer 27

Warm low latitude areas near the equator

Question 28

Vocab: Polar regions

Answer 28

High altitude regional around the north and south poles

Question 29

Vocab: atmosphere

Answer 29

The envelope of gases that surrounds a planet like earth

Question 30

Vocab: Lithosphere

Answer 30

Solid crust of the Earth

Question 31

Vocab: Hydrosphere

Answer 31

Earth's water in all of its forms

Question 32

Vocab: Biosphere

Answer 32

The part of Earth that includes all life forms

Question 33

Vocab: Environment

Answer 33

Combination of Earth's 4 spheres including all life forms biological, chemical, and physical conditions that affect life

Question 34

Vocab: Weather

Answer 34

The conditions of that atmosphere at a given time and place

Question 35

Vocab: Climate

Answer 35

Weather conditions at a given place or time

Question 36

Vocab: Greenhouse effect

Answer 36

The process of Earth's atmosphere trapping heat energy

Question 37

Vocab: Doldrums

Answer 37

Areas with no prevailing winds

Question 38

Vocab: Front

Answer 38

Zone of contact between 2 air masses of widely different temps or moisture levels

Question 39

Vocab: Humidity

Answer 39

The amount of water vapor in the air

Question 40

Vocab: Condensation

Answer 40

The process by which water vapors change from a gas into liquid droplets

Question 41

Vocab: Ecosystem

Answer 41

Communities of plants and animals

Question 42

Vocab: Savannas

Answer 42

Areas of tropical grasslands, scattered trees, and shrubs

Question 43

Vocab: Orographic Effect

Answer 43

Cooling effect that occurs when air is forced to rise over a mountain resulting in a wetter windward side and drier leeward side

Question 44

Vocab: Arid

Answer 44

Dry

Question 45

Vocab: Permafrost

Answer 45

Permanently frozen soil below the ground surface