Year 9 Geography - Concepts and Biomes

North, South, East and West are considered...

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

• Latitude

• Longitude

Lines that run north to south are called lines of...

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

• degree

lines that run east to west are lines of...

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

• degrees

Each half of Earth is called a...

• hemisphere

• longitude

• latitude

• sphere

A diagram of a compass showing direction is called...

• scale bar

• compass rose

• locator map

• key

What is the acronym to help remember the key concepts of geography?

• SPICES
• SPICESS
• SPC
• SPICEES

The 'E' in the key geography concepts stand for

• envisage
• envelope
• environment
• enviroment

The 'C' in the key geography concepts stand for

• culture
• change
• charter
• climate

Term for maintaining the capacity of the environment to support our lives and other living creatures.

• sustainability
• environment
• renewable
• change

Involves both time and space - ________ can take place over a period of time, or over an area

• space
• change
• scale
• sustainability