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September Flashcards

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What is latitude?

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distance north or south of the Earth’s equator.

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What is longitude?

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distance measured in degrees east or west from an imaginary line.

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3
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What is revolution?

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A complete trip around the sun

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4
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What is rotation?

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is one complete spin of Earth on its axis.

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5
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What causes the seasons to change?

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Earth’s tilt

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6
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How does solar energy affect earth

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Cooler temperatures

Less daylight

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7
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What is geography?

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The study of the world it’s people, and the landscapes they create

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What is a landscape?

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Is all the human and physical features that make it unique

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What is a region?

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Is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas

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10
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What are the three levels of organization in geography?

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Local
Regional
Global

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What is a map?

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It Is a flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth’s surface

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What is a globe?

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It Is a spherical or ball-shaped model of the entire planet

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13
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What do Geographer’s use satellite image

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To see what an area looks like from above earth

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What are some of Geographer’s basic tools

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Globes maps computers programs

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15
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What is absolute location

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A specific description like this one call absolute location

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16
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What is relative location

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This general description of where a place lies is call it’s relative location

17
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What are the two branches of geography

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Physical and human

18
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What is cartography

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The science of making maps

19
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What is hydrology

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The study of water on earth

20
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What is metereology

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The study of weather and what causes it

21
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What is solar energy

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Energy from the sun

22
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What are the tropics

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Regions closed at equator

23
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What is the pre-Meridian and where is it located

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Is that imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and Western Hemisphere, Greenwich England

24
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Named and describe earths seasons

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Winter: part of the earths tilted is away from the sun causing low temperatures
Summer:when the earth’s tilted is toward the sun more direct solar energy
Spring: earth’s begins toward the sun solar energy increases
Fall:solar energy begins to increases

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