Vocab Flashcards
People who study examine landforms, water, and climate are called ________ _________.
physical geographers
Migrate
To move from one region or country to another.
People who study the interaction between the earth and people are called ________ _________.
human geographers
Robinson projection
A projection that keeps lines of latitude straight but arcs the lines of longitude. Land areas are shown more accurately.
Geography
The study of the Earth
Lines of latitude never intersect because they run ________ to each other.
parallel
A destructive earthquake often has a high _________.
magnitude
Latitude
A location’s distance north or south of the equator.
Lines of latitude run parallel to the equator and are often referred to as parallels. That’s why the “23rd parallel” is at latitude 23°.
Parallel lines never meet.
Some maps _________ the shape or size of Earth’s landforms.
distort
Physical geography
The study of the surface of the Earth, and its patterns and processes.
Physical geographers study landforms, water, and climate. They also study the distribution of living things.
Terraces
Flat, shelf-like, plots of land dug into the sides of steep slopes to provide more space for growing crops or feeding animals.
It can be Sunday in Alaska and Monday in Russia because of the _______________.
international date line
The ________ is an imaginary line located at zero degrees (0°) latitude.
equator
Mercator projection
Mercator projection is a cylindrical projection created in the 1500’s for ship navigation. Lines of latitude and longitude meet at right angles. Land area is not accurate but compass directions are.
____________ and __________ along the Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon.
Weathering and erosion
Plane projection
A map that projects the Earth onto a flat surface that is centered on a specific place.
International Date Line
An imaginary line that is at about 180 degrees longitude and runs through the Pacific Ocean. East of the line, the calendar date is one day earlier than the date west of the line.
Equator
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. It is a zero degrees latitude.
Time zone
A region within which a standard time is used. There are 24 time zones around the earth and each is about 15 degrees.
Longitude
A location’s position east or west of the prime meridian.
Cylindrical projection
A projection map created by wrapping something shaped like a cylinder or a tube around the globe and transferring the details of the surface of the earth onto it.
