Geography DA #1(part 1)

exact latitude and longitude coordinates on a map or globe

• absolute location

• relative location

• equator

• geography

made up of several ecosystems

• climate

• renewable resource

• bay

• biome

the physical and human characteristics that make it distinctive  from all others.

• location

• earth

• geography

• place

where things are located on Earth, both in absolute and relative terms

• relative location

• location

• latitide

• longitude

The idea that continents slowly shift their positions due to movement of the tectonic plates on which they ride.

• Human Environment Interaction

• continent

• Continental Drift Theory

• 5 themes of Geography

people, goods and ideas move from one location to another.

• plate tectonics

• non renewable resource

• movement

• location

resources that cannot be replaced once they have been removed from the ground (EX. gold, silver, iron, fossil fuels, gas, coal etc. )

• Non-renewable resources
• Renewable resources
• Inexhaustible resources
• Biodegradable resources

The primary line of latitude that splits the earth in Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Arctic Circle

The position of a place in relation to another place.

• Latitude and Longitude
• Relative Location
• Absolute Location
• Physical Characteristics

The theory that the earth’s outer shell is composed of a number of large, unanchored plates, or slabs of rock. 

• Plate Tectonics Theory
• Continental Drift Theory
• Pangaea Theory
• Seafloor Spreading Theory