Ch 1 And Ch 2 Review 1/20/14

Question 1

Name the cardinal directions

Answer 1

north, east, south, west

Question 2

Latitude lines aka

Answer 2

parallels

Question 3

longitude lines aka

Answer 3

meridians

Question 4

the exact address of any place on earth

Answer 4

absolute location

Question 5

has a unifying human or physical feature such as population history, climate or landforms

Answer 5

region

Question 6

human and physical features at a specific location

Answer 6

place

Question 7

how people, goods, ideas get from one place to another

Answer 7

movement

Question 8

location of a place relative to another place

Answer 8

relative location

Question 9

how people affect their environment or their natural surroundings and how their environment affects them

Answer 9

Human-Environment Interaction

Question 10

relative size

Answer 10

scale

Question 11

loss of accuracy

Answer 11

distortion

Question 12

method of mapping Earth on a flat surface

Answer 12

projection

Question 13

a projection that makes areas near the poles look bigger than they are

Answer 13

Mercator Map

Question 14

The best work map projection available today

Answer 14

Robinson Projection

Question 15

0 degrees longitude

Answer 15

Prime Meridian

Question 16

0 degrees latitude

Answer 16

Equator

Question 17

latitude lines help determine our

Answer 17

seasons

Question 18

longitude line help label our

Answer 18

time zones

Question 19

longitude lines run

Answer 19

north and south

Question 20

latitude lines run

Answer 20

east to west

Question 21

how far is the earth from the sun?

Answer 21

93 million miles

Question 22

name of our galaxy?

Answer 22

Milky Way Galaxy

Question 23

how long does a complete rotation of earth take?

Answer 23

23 hrs and 56 min

Question 24

circular motion around an object

Answer 24

revolution

Question 25

the sun is directly above the tropic of cancer and the arctic sun never sets. Northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

Answer 25

summer solstice

Question 26

low latitudes

Answer 26

tropics

Question 27

thick hot rocky layer around the core

Answer 27

mantle

Question 28

sphere of very hot metal at the center of the earth

Answer 28

core

Question 29

the thin layer of rocks and minerals that surround the mantle

Answer 29

crust

Question 30

land forms that rise more than 2000 ft above sea level or the surrounding flatlands

Answer 30

mountains

Question 31

how much water is on earth?

Answer 31

70% of earth"s surface is water

Question 32

soft nearly molten rock

Answer 32

magma

Question 33

the removal of small pieces of rock by water ice or winds

Answer 33

erosion

Question 34

surrounds the plate that makes up the pacific ocean

Answer 34

Ring of fire

Question 35

the place where that plates rub together

Answer 35

faults

Question 36

the one huge continent

Answer 36

pangaea

Question 37

a process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces

Answer 37

weathering

Question 38

water that falls to the ground as rain sleet hail or snow

Answer 38

precipitation

Question 39

how hot or cold the air is

Answer 39

temperature

Question 40

the average temperature over many years of a place

Answer 40

climate

Question 41

helps distribute earth"s heat and shape climates

Answer 41

oceans

Question 42

warm water flows away from the equator and cold water moves closer to the equator

Answer 42

flow of the ocean

Question 43

they circle earth in time with earth"s rotation stands for geostationary operational environmental satellites

Answer 43

GOES

Question 44

plants that grow in a region

Answer 44

vegetation

Question 45

climates that are cold all year long

Answer 45

polar climates

Question 46

an area near the arctic circle of cold climate and low lying vegetation

Answer 46

tundra

Question 47

a park-like landscape of grass lands with scattered trees

Answer 47

savanna

Question 48

trees that produce cones that carry seeds

Answer 48

coniferous trees

Question 49

trees that lose their leaves in the fall

Answer 49

deciduous trees

Question 50

An extensive area of level land of low altitude- less than 500 ft

Answer 50

Plains

Question 51

A level area on top of an elevated land area

Answer 51

Plateau

Question 52

A narrow strip of land joining two large areas

Answer 52

Isthmus

Question 53

A stretch of land almost all surrounded by water

Answer 53

Peninsula

Question 54

Chain of islands

Answer 54

Archipelago

Question 55

An arrow stretch of sea connecting two extensive areas of sea

Answer 55

Strait

Question 56

A large bay,an extensive inlet penetrating into land

Answer 56

Gulf