Geography Terms

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Geography Terms

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What is Geography?
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1 Geography is

• The social science that deals with the earths
  environment and the human impact on it.

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2 Physical Geography

• -refers to the natural features found on the
  earths surface

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3 Cultural Geography

• -refers to peoples impact on the earths surface
  or how people have changed the physical
  environment

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How do these people know where you are
going?What do they use to get to where they want
to go?

• Pilot
• Ships Captain
• Safari Guide
• Driver in a new area

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7 Lines of Latitude

• Parallels
• Imaginary lines running east to west around the
  globe, and used to measure distance north and
  south of the equator

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8 Lines of Longitude

• Meridians
• Imaginary lines running from pole to pole, and
  are used to measure distance north to south

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Tropics

• Area of the globe between the Tropic of Cancer
  (23 ½ N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ½ S)
• Area of the globe that receives the most direct
  sunlight

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• 22 Absolute Location
• -an exact position on the earths surface
• -ex.- 23 N and 120 W

• 23 Relative Location
• -an approximate location in relation to a place
• -ex.- I live next to Ritas Water Ice in Lansdale

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Earth in Relation to the Sun

• The earth moves in two ways
• It rotates
• It revolves

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Rotation

• The turning of the earth on its axis which takes
  _______?
• 24 hours

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Revolution

• The earths yearly trip around the sun, which
  takes _______?
• 365 ¼ days

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• 14 Seasons- periods of the year with different
  climatic conditions
• Summer, winter, spring and fall
• Why do different areas of the globe have
  different seasons?

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Special Times of the Year

• Solstice-one of two days of the year when the
  suns rays strike directly on the
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• Trop. of Cancer-June 21, marks the first
  day of summer in the northern hemisphere and
  first day of winter in the southern hemisphere,
  24 hrs of light at North Pole, 24 hrs darkness at
  South Pole
• Trop. Of Capricorn-December 21, marks the first
  day of summer in the southern hemisphere and
  first day of winter in the northern hemisphere,
  24 hrs of light at South Pole, 24 hrs darkness at
  North Pole

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Special Times of the Year

• Summer Solstice

Winter Solstice
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Special Times of the Year

• 16 Equinox- one of two days in which the suns
  rays are directly over the Equator
• March 21 and September 23
• These days are the start of _______ and _______
  for the northern hemisphere.
• Autumn and Spring

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Special Times of the Year