Social Studies Chapters 1-4
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- Projection-
- to draw the round earth onto a flat surface
- Lines of longitude will be either
- east or west
- comets-
- rocks with firey tails
- Human/Environment Interaction-
- how humans in their environment interact
- The highest place on earth is
- mount everest
- 0* latitude
- the equator
- volcanoes-
- a moutain that explodes with lava
- With coordiantes, you start with lines of
- latitude
- Intermediate directions-
- Northwest, Northeast, southwest, southeast
- What are the five themes of geography?
-
location
place
human/environment interaction
movement
region - culture-
- a way of life
- The Prime Meridan runs through
- Greenich, England
- hubble-
- space station
- What are latitude and longitude measured in?
- Degrees
- axis-
- we are living on a tilt
- 0* longitude
- Prime Meridian
- to orbit around the sun it takes
- 365 days
- Movement-
- How do they connect and move around?
- How many planets are there?
- 9
- Place-
- What is it like there? (wheather, what to wear)
- Tropic of capricorn
- under the equator
- Lines of latitude go
- north and south
- Hemisphere-
-
half of the earth or globe
there's the northern, southern, east and western hemispheres - What is geography?
- Geography is the study of the earth and the way people live and work on it.
- Compass Rose-
- North, south, east, and west
- Region-
- What types of physical features are there? (mountains, waters, alps)
- The great circle is
- the shortest possible distance between 2 places on earth.
- Location-
- Where is it?
- How many continents do we have?
- seven
- What is latitude?
- lines of latitude are known as parallels and go from side to side
- Political Map
- shows the actual physical features (mountains,lakes,rivers)
- What is a grid system?
- lines of latitude and longitude
- What is a catographer?
- a person who makes maps
- Mercator Projection
-
used by sailors
does not show the true size of land - Our proximity to the sun is
- 93 million miles
- Key-
- Symbols representing lakes, capitals,
- Equinox-
-
september 23rd
the start of fall - it takes ____ hours to rotate once
- 24
- climate-
- weather patterns
- Core-
- the inner layer of the earth made up of iron and nickel
- The lowest point below sea level is
- the dead sea
- Scale-
- represents miles
- Internal forces-
- plates
- asteroids-
- massive rocks
- fault lines are
-
the center of an earthquake in the epicenter.
a break in the earth's crust - summer solstice
- june 21st longest sunlight
- What are four map distortions?
-
direction
shape
size
distance - Mantle-
- made up of oxygen, second layer
- Crust-
- the last layer, land mast made up of continents
- The ______ is the most accurate map.
- Globe
- The seven continents are
-
north america
south america
europe
asia
africa
australia
antarctica - What's a map symbol?
- Symbols found on a map.
- Satellites...
- take images of the earth
- Vernal equinox-
- march 21 day and night are equal
- rivers...
- start in the mountains and flow into a gulf, bay or ocean
- external forces-
- erosion and glaciers
- Robinson Projection
- shows the true size of land
- December 22nd-
- the start of winter
- natural resources-
- water, oil, air
- Moutains are
- steep slopes with a summit