Geography Test 9/11
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 human /environment interaction | this is the way in which people relate to the physical world around them |
| region | is an area of the earth's surface with similar characteristics |
| place | icludes the physical features and cultural characteristics of a location |
| movement | is the way people, goods, services, and ideas go from place to place |
| location | is the way geographers know where places are on the earth |
| absolute location | the exact location of any point on the earth using latitude and longitude |
| Austin is located... | 30 degrees North, and 97 degrees west |
| latitude | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator, distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees |
| longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
| Tropic of Cancer | marks sun's most northerly location on June 21 |
| Tropic of Capricorn | marks sun's most sottherly location on December 21 |
| Global grid | A grid in which absolute location can be determined by noting where latitude and longitude lines cross |
| Physical Maps | help you see the types of landforms and bodies of water found in a specific area |
| Political Maps | show features on earth's surface that human created |
| Thematic Maps | focus on specific types of info |
| Qualitative Map | use colors, symbols, dots, or lines to help see patterns related to a specific idea |
| "Hurricane" comes from... | "evil spirit" from the Carribian Indians |
| Trade winds originate and blow... | 20 degrees n & s of equator |
| The Coriolis effect causes... | hurricanes to circulate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere |
| Tropical Cyclones... | never cross the equator |
| Tropical storm is classified as a hurricane at the wind speed of... | 74 mph |
| Arctic Circle | is 23.5 degrees south of the North Pole |
| Antarctic Circle | is 23.5 degrees north of the South Pole |
| Rotation | 24 hrs |
| Revolution | 365 days |
| Seasons | are caused by the tilt of the earth on its axis as it moves around the sun |
| Earth's tilt is... | 23.5 degrees |
| June 21 | longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere |
| Solstices | the longest and shortest days of the year |
| Sept 23/ March 21 (also called Equinoxes) | all places on earth recieved 12 hrs of daylight and 12 hours of darkness on these two dates |
| Prime Meridian | starting place for measuring longitude |
| Equator | zero degree latitude |
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