Introduction to Geography

the place where a plant or animal lives.

The distance north or south of the equator.

Which theory suggests that continents were once part of a supercontinent?

which of the following is a renewable resource?

Which of the following creates Earth's change in seasons?

Earthquakes can often occur when 2 landforms slide past one another

rule by king or queen

What happens when an environment changes?

Which type of climate can occur at many different latitudes?

A front is a place where two air masses of different temperatures or moisture content meet.

Earth's trip around the sun

Night and day result from Earth's _________.

a group of people who share a common culture and ancestry are a(n)

long periods of lower than normal precipitation

a geographers tools include

Earth's glaciers can cause

Geographers look at the world by:

Geographers identify climates by looking at temperature, precipitation, and __________.

_______ is a measure of the number of people living in an area.

Ecosystems

which is the economic activity that uses raw materials to produce or manufacture something new?

Which theme of geography describes features that make a site unique?

Showing the round Earth on flat maps will distort some details.

The main processes of the water cycle are

the science of making maps

all the features that make a place unique

Geographers use economic indicators like GDP and industrialization to judge development

the spread of cultural traits

Geographers who study the world on a ____ level try to find relationships between people apart.

a part of the world with one or more features that distinguish it from surrounding areas

The Northern and Southern hemispheres experience summer at the same time.

people elect leader and rule by majority in a

the two main branches of geography are

anything in nature that humans use or value

What is the process of moving from one place to live in another?