Geo Vocabulary: Terms and definitions
list of vocabulary used in grade 10 geo.
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- Mollweide
- a type of homolographic map projection in which the surface of the earth is represented as an ellipse, with the equator and parallels of latitude as straight lines.
- Human geography
- concentrates on patterns of human activity and on their relationships with the environment.
- distortions
- a distorting; twisting out of shape
- consumerism
- : concentration on producing and distributing goods for a market which must constantly be enlarged
- coniferous forests
- : forests of trees that bear cones
- tundra
- : a vast, level, treeless plain in the arctic regions. The ground beneath the surface of the tundras is frozen even in
- deciduous forests
- forests of trees that shed leaves each year
- Physical geography
- The locations of such earth features as land, water, and climate; their relationship to one another and to human activities; and the forces that create and change them.
- Mercator
- A Mercator chart represents the meridians and parallels of latitude as straight
- Peterson
- a type of map projection that depicts the continents' sizes more accurately than M
- scale
- the mathematical relationship by which distances on a map reduce actual distances on earth.
- projections
- a number of mathematical methods that cartographers use to produce a flat map of the rou
- longitude
- distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian (line from the North to the South Pole).
- geography
- The study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products.
- Compass
- an instrument for showing directions, consisting of a needle or compass card that points to the north magnetic pole, which is near the North Pole.
- Topography
- a type of homolographic map projection in which the surface of the earth is represented as an ellipse, with the equator and parallels of latitude as straight lines.
- Map ledgend
- lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map
- geographic grids
- networks of imaginary lines that help us find and describe places on earth
- stewardship
- : to keep up or keep going, as an action or process.
- cartography
- The making of maps/charts.
- Equator
- an 'imaginary' circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- biome
- a natural community of plants and animals, its composition being largely controlled by climatic c
- GPS / GIS
- Global Posistioning/Information system.
- latitude
- distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees.
- savannas
- region of grassland with scattered trees lying between the equatorial forest and the hot deserts in either hem