Basics of Geography

uses latitude & longitude to describe location

• absolute location
• landform
• relative location

naturally formed features on the surface of the earth

• absolute location
• landform
• relative location

uses relationships to other places to describe location

• absolute location
• landform
• relative location

explains the characteristics of an area

• movement
• human-environment interaction
• place

people, plants, animals & ideas move through time and across space

• movement
• human-environment interaction
• place

humans interact with the environment to adjust to it or to alter it

• movement
• human-environment interaction
• place

magma, gases & water collect in chambers underground and eventually erupt

• earthquake
• volcano
• weathering
• erosion

weathered material is moved by wind, water, ice or gravity

• earthquake
• volcano
• weathering
• erosion

physical & chemical processes that change characteristics of rock on or near earth's surface

• earthquake
• volcano
• weathering
• erosion

shaking or trembling of the earth as plates grind or slip past each other

• earthquake
• volcano
• weathering
• erosion