Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
46 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Five themes of geography?
|
Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions.
|
|
What is involved in the study of geography?
|
People, places, and things and how they relate to each other, earth's surface cultures and economics, relationships between people and their evironment.
|
|
Absolute Location
|
A place's position on the globe. (40'N, 80'W)
|
|
Equator
|
An imaginary line that cirlces the globe halfway between the North and South poles.
|
|
Formal Region
|
An area in which a certain characteristic (attribute) is found throughout the area. (Example: Corn Belt)
|
|
Functional Region
|
A central place and the surrounding places affected by it. (Examples: Boston Metropolitan Area or Railsystem)
|
|
Geography
|
The study of wherepeople, places, and things are located and how they relate to each other.
|
|
Hemisphere
|
One of two equal halves of the earth.
|
|
Latitude
|
Imaginary lines that run parallel to the Equator. (Run West-East)(example: 10'N)
|
|
Longitude
|
Imaginary lines that run North and South. (example: 26'E)
|
|
Prime Meridian
|
An imaginary line from which other meridians are measured.
|
|
Relative Location
|
A place's position in relation to other places.
|
|
Landforms, climate and vegetation are:
|
Physical characteristics of places.
|
|
Irrigation system, houses, and roads are examples of:
|
people changing environments.
|
|
The solar system is NOT part of geography. (True of False)
|
True- The solar system is not geography.
|
|
An example of International Trade is:
|
movement of people, goods and ideas between places.
|
|
Core
|
The center of the Earth.
|
|
Fault
|
A break in the earth's crust.
|
|
Mantle
|
The thick layer of rock around the earth's core.
|
|
Relief
|
The difference in elevation between a landform's highest and lowest ponts.
|
|
Crust
|
Earth's thin, rocky surface.
|
|
The earth is a planet affected by?
|
change
|
|
Landforms on the earth's surface are created and changed by?
|
internal forces
|
|
According to the theory of plate tectonics, the earth's outer shell consists of:
|
a number of large, moving plates.
|
|
Circular movement of heat below the earth's surface, or convection, causes:
|
volcanoes to erupt.
|
|
Volcanoes and earthquakes are likely to occur:
|
where plates collide or pull apart.
|
|
What are the largest landmasses in the earth's oceans?
|
Continents
|
|
Geology
|
Study of the earth's physical structure and history.
|
|
Fold
|
Bend or buckling of the earth's crust.
|
|
Plate Tectonics
|
theory that the earth's outer shell is not one piece of rock.
|
|
Continental Drift Theory
|
Idea that all continents were once a single landmass but are now separate.
|
|
Ring of Fire
|
Circle of volcanic mountains around the Pacific Ocean.
|
|
Lava
|
Molten rock that flows from a volcano.
|
|
Weathering
|
Chemical or mechanical process by which rock is gradually broken down.
|
|
Mechanical Weathering
|
the actual breaking up or physical weakening of rock by forces such as ice and roots.
|
|
Chemical Weathering
|
Process by which the actual chemical structure of rock is changed.
|
|
Acid Rain
|
Rain with highconcentrations of chemicals that kills plant and animal life and eats away at the surface of stone and rock.
|
|
Erosion
|
The movement of weathered materials usually caused by water, wind and glaciers.
|
|
Sediment
|
Small particles of soil, sand, and gravel carried and deposited by water.
|
|
Loess
|
Fine-grained, mineral-rich loam, dust, or silt deposited by winds.
|
|
Glacier
|
Huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice.
|
|
Moraine
|
Ridge-like mass of rock, gravel, sand, and clay carried and deposited by a glacier.
|
|
Two important forces in chemical weathering are:
|
Water and Carbon Dioxide
|
|
Three most common causes of erosion?
|
Water, Wind, and Glaciers
|
|
Dust Bowl is in?
|
North America
|
|
Continent covered by glaciers?
|
Antarctica
|