NAME:
NAME: __________________________
CHAPTER 1 & 2 (Section 3) “GEOGRAPHY SKILLS” & “CLIMATE & VEGATATION”
STUDY GUIDE
DEFINE:
Galaxy –
Environment –
Equator –
Axis –
Location -
Movement -
Region -
Human Environment -
Place -
Cartography -
Meteorology-
Applied Geography -
Biome -
Deciduous Forest -
Coniferous Forest –
_________________________ East-west circles around the globe?
_________________________ Another name for latitude?
_________________________ North-south circles around the globe?
_________________________ Zero degrees longitude?
_________________________ 24 hour circle of the earth?
_________________________ Number of full days it takes the earth to make one full revolution
around the sun?
_________________________ What are two ways in which geographers help society?
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_________________________ List four professions of geography.
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_________________________ Study of how people and their activities vary from place to place.
_________________________ Study of how the earth’s natural features vary from place to place.
_________________________ What are 3 things that can effect climate?
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_________________________ Wet, hot areas that have a humid-tropical or monsoon climate and are
near the equator.
_________________________ Have a wet and dry climate with more of a season change then humid
tropical climates.
_________________________ Very little rainfall and few plants in this climate type.
_________________________ Largest desert in the world.
_________________________ Transition area between arid deserts and more humid climates (Short
vegetation with tree be uncommon).
_________________________ Located between 30 and 40 degrees latitude.
_________________________ Found on the eastern side of continents with warm ocean currents and
have hot and humid summers with mild winters.
_________________________ Has mild temperatures year round.
_________________________ Climate type that has 4 distinct seasons.
_________________________ Has long, dark cold winters with temperatures well below freezing for
over half the year.
_________________________ Long winters and temperatures above freezing only during the short
summers.
_________________________ Climate type that contains a variety of climatic characteristics.
_________________________ Tree covered Biome that supports a variety of organisms.
_________________________ Tropical grass with scattered trees and shrubs which is best known for
its grazing animals.
_________________________ Located between the temperate forest and desert biomes with tall
grassland and short-grass steppe.
_________________________ Biome generally found in the desert climate region and generally carry
cactus and sagebrush.
_________________________ Biome with shorts summers and supports little plant growth.
_________________________ Far polar regions where snow cover does not allow plant growth.
_________________________ All what are interrelated with the biosphere.
Using the 5 themes of geography LIST THE FIVE THEMES AND ANALYZE Greeenbush and/or Middle River as it relates to the 5 themes?
LIST AND ANALYZE how the earth’s physical geography determines where and how people live. How is this affecting the U.S./World today?
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