Stein NWC Test 9-20-06
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- June 21 Tropic of Cancer
- Marks beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and is the longest day of the year
- December 22 Tropic of Capricorn
- Marks the beginning of winter in Northern Hemisphere and is the shortest day of the year
- Solstice
- The day on which the suns direct rays are hitting the Tropics (twice a year)
- Equinox
- When the sun's rays are hitting the equator which causes the days/nights to be = all over the earth. (twice a year)
- 1st equinox
- Vernal / March 21 / marks the beginning of spring in Northern Hemisphere
- 2nd equinox
- Autumnal / Sept. 23 / marks the beginning of fall in Northern Hemisphere
- Weather
- The condition of th eatmosphere at a particular location and time.
- Biggest factor of weather.
- Seasons
- The amount of _____ energy a location receives is dependent upon its _______ to the sun
- solar/location
- Four major factors that influence climate.
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Wind & Ocean Currents
Latitude
Elevation
Topography - The tropics or low latitudes:
- Warm all year long
- the temperature or middle latitudes:
- Climates vary greatly due to the different seasons
- The polar or high latitude zones:
- cold all year long.
- Purpose of a time zone.
- Maintaining a standard time system.
- How was time kept in late 1800
- Based upon the rising & setting of the sun.
- How does the International Dateline work?
- Begins in Greenwich, England. If you move west of Greenwich, time decreases 1 hours for every 15 Longitude, vice versa
- 4 Reasons for variations in time zones.
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-Physical Boundaries
-Political ""
-Geographical ""
-Avoid bisecting highly populated areas. - Globe
- 3D representation of Earth
- Map
- 2D graphic rep. of selected parts of the earths surface
- cartographer
- mapmaker
- map projection
- a way of drawing the earth's surface by presenting a round earth on flat paper
- Topographic map
- rep of natural and man-made features on earth.
- GIS (geographic Informations System)
- tool that sotres info about the world in a digital database
- Butte
- A raised flat area of land with steep cliffs /smaller than a mesa
- cape/peninsula
- A point of land extending into an ocean or lake
- Delta
- a triangular area of land formed from deposits at the mouth of a river.
- canyon
- a narrow, deep valley /w steep sides
- steppe
- a wide, treeless grassy plain
- Theme 1 : Location
- Where?
- absolute location
- exact location according to lat/long
- relative location
- describes how a place is related to surrounding environ.
- Theme 2: Place
- What is it like?
- Physical features
- climate, landforms, vegetation
- human characteristics
- population,ethnicity, man-made structures
- Theme 3: Regions
- How are areas similar or different?
- regions are..
- areas on the surface of the earth that are defined by certain unifying characteristics
- characteristics could be..
- human, political, eco, cultural, physical
- regions provide..
- orginzed way to study the earth's landscapes and peoples
- Theme 4: Human Evinronment Interaction
- How do people relate to the physical world?
- Refers to the relationship..
- between humans and their environment.
- Theme 5: Movement
- How do people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another?
- Linear Distance
- how far across the earth a person, an idea, or a product travels.
- Time Distance
- the amount of time it takes for a person, idea, or product to travel.
- Psychological Distance
- The way people view distance.