SPICESS Definition Quiz

What has to do with where things are located on the earths surface. Can include spatial distribution or the way things are arranged/organised/managed.

• Sustainability

• Place

• Space

• Interconnection

What are parts of the earths surface that are identified and given meaning by people? Can be natural or man-made. (Climate, resources, transport routes, history, entertainment all influence place)

• Place

• Space

• Change

• Scale

What is the relationship between all things, both living and non-living, and all processes, both natural and human?

• Interconnection

• Change

• Space

• Sustainability

What is the dynamic nature of all processes on earth, whether slow or fast, small or large.

• Interconnection

• Environment

• Change

• Scale

What is a specific place on earth and all the things, both living and non-living, that are there?

• Scale

• Space

• Place

• Environment

What is the level at which a geographical inquiry takes place – personal, local, regional, national or global.

• Scale

• Change

• Environment

• Place

What is the ongoing capacity of Earth to maintain all life?

• Sustainability

• Environment

• Interconnection

• Place

What are the gridlines that run vertically (Up and down) on a topographical map.

• Longitude

• Northings

• Eastings

• Latitude

What are the gridlines that run horizontally (left to right) on a topographic map.

• Northings

• Eastings

• Latitude

• Longitude

What are the imaginary lines running east-west around the Earth’s surface, parallel to the Equator, used to work out location and direction.

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Northings

• Eastings