Vocab 1

Question 1

Globe

Answer 1

Scale model of the Earth

Question 2

Map

Answer 2

Symbolic representation of all or part of the planet

Question 3

Cartographers

Answer 3

Uses mathematical formulas to turn information from a 3D map to a 2D map

Question 4

Great Circle Routes

Answer 4

Traveling along a great circle

Question 5

Map Projections

Answer 5

Projections of the round Earth into a flat surface

Question 6

Absolute Location

Answer 6

Splitting Earth into a grid to help find EXACT places

Question 7

Hemisphere

Answer 7

Halves Earth is split into (Western, Eastern, Northern, Southern)

Question 8

Latitude

Answer 8

Circle the Earth parallel to the Equator

Question 9

Longitude

Answer 9

Circle the Earth from pole to pole

Question 10

Map’s contain:

Answer 10

Title, key, scale bar, compass rose

Question 11

Scale

Answer 11

Consistent, proportional relationships

Question 12

Relative Location

Answer 12

The location of one place in relation to another

Question 13

Physical Map

Answer 13

Show’s location and topography (physical features)

Question 14

Political Map

Answer 14

Boundaries, locations, political units (Mass is human-made)

Question 15

Thematic Map

Answer 15

Emphasizes a single idea or specific information

Question 16

5 Theme of Geography

Answer 16

Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, Regions

Question 17

Core

Answer 17

The very center of the planet- inner & outer core

Question 18

Mantle

Answer 18

thick layer of hot, dense rock and next to the outer core

Question 19

Crust

Answer 19

Outer, rocky shell of the Earth

Question 20

Plate tectonics

Answer 20

Physical process that creates many of the Earth’s physical features

Question 21

Folds

Answer 21

Bends in layers of rocks

Question 22

Faulting

Answer 22

Folding can no longer occur

Question 23

Earthquake

Answer 23

Sudden, violent movements of tectonic along a fault

Question 24

Weathering

Answer 24

Chemical or physical process that breaks down rock

Question 25

Erosion

Answer 25

Wearing away the Earth surface by wind

Question 26

Wind Erosion

Answer 26

Movement of dust, sand, and soil from one place to another

Question 27

Glacial l Erosion

Answer 27

Large bodies of ice that move across the Earth’s surface

Question 28

Water Erosion

Answer 28

Begins with spring water and rain water flows downhill and through streams cutting the land and wearing away the soil and rocks