Geography, Chapter 1

The main tools geographers use are

• absolute and relative locations

• longitude and latitude

• GPS and GIS

• maps and globes

The study of the earth's land, water, plant, and animal life is called

• physical geography

• human geography

• political geography

• absolute geography

Geographers gather information for accurate maps by

• taking photographs high above Earth.

• listening to meteorologists.

• using longitude and latitude.

• studying landforms and global warming.

What two characteristics do geographers study about a place?

• latitude and longitude

• Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• human and physical

• absolute and relative locations

Earth's most important companion in space is

• the sun

• the moon

• the stars

• the solar system

The planets in the solar system revolve around the

• atmosphere

• asteroids

• the sun

• the moon

What percent of the Earth is water?

• 75%

• 70%

• 65%

• 60%

Most of earth's surface is

• salt water

• freshwater

• continents

• continents and islands

Where a river originates is its

• mouth

• delta

• channel

• source

Where a river empties into another body of water is its

• delta

• source

• mouth

• strait