Revision Y7 Geog

Rivers unit - This is the start/origin of a river

• Mouth

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Source

Mapping unit - This is measuring distance in a straight line from one point to another

• As the crow flies

• As the line lies

• As the river bends

• As the ball is thrown

Mapping unit - Height can be shown on a map with _______ lines

Rivers unit - This is the name of the area that feeds a river (rain that falls inside this area feeds the river, rain that falls outside this area, feeds another river)

• Drainage basin

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Source

Rivers unit - This is the point where two rivers meet

• Mouth

• Tributary

• Confluence

• Source

Earth's Grid (longitude and latitude) unit - The lines that circle the Earth from top to bottom are called...

• Lines of Latitude

• The Equator

• Lines of Longitude

• The Prime Meridian

Rivers unit - This is the name given to flat land beside the river, which may flood when the river overflows

• Drainage Basin

• Tributary

• Confluence

• Flood plain

Types of Geography - This is what our natural planet is like (rivers, weather, rocks)

• Environmental

• Human

• Physical

Earth's Grid (longitude and latitude) unit - The lines that circle the Earth from side to side are called...

• Lines of Latitude

• The Equator

• Lines of Longitude

• The Prime Meridian

Types of Geography - How and where we live (population, jobs)

• Environmental

• Human

• Physical