Unit 1 - Exploring Geography Flashcards
What is absolute location?
Where something is located in terms of latitude and longitude.
What is relative location?
Where something is located in relation to other geographical features.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living things and the physical environment they live in.
Explain “what is where?”
This is about location. It depends on relative and absolute location.
Explain “why there”.
This explains why this are located where they are (natural environment/landforms/climate patterns).
Explain “why care”.
This answers “why should we care?”.
What’s an interrelationship?
A relationship that exists between different patterns and trends.
What is spatial significance?
The importance of a particular location in geography.
What is a pattern?
A pattern is the arrangement of objects on earths surface in relation to each other.
What is a trend?
A trend is a noticeable change in pattern over time.
What is geographic perspective?
A way of looking at the word through a political, social and environmental implications.
What’s geographic inquiry?
Learning about the world from a geographic perspective.
What is geotechnology?
The use of advanced technology in the study of geography and everyday use.
What’s a GPS?
Global Positioning System - a satellite based system that provides location data.
What’s a GIS.
Global Information System - computerized system that analyzes and manages geographic information.
