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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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