TCI Natural Regions

What is absolute location?

• Absolute location refers to a place's general area.
• Absolute location is determined by local landmarks.
• Absolute location is the distance from one place to another.
• Absolute location is the precise geographic coordinates of a place.

What is Adobe?

• a type of brick made of clay and straw and dried in the sun

• Adobe is a type of car.

• Adobe is a video game developer.
• Adobe is a a game to play

What is a capital?

• A capital is a type of currency.
• A capital is a geographical feature like a mountain.
• A capital is a historical document.
• the city where the government of a state or country meets

What is the equator?

• The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the poles.
• The equator is the top of the Earth.

• The equator is a physical boundary separating continents.
• The equator is a line of latitude at 45 degrees north.

What is a fault?

• A fault is a type of electrical circuit.
• A fault is a place for digging .

• A fault is a type of rock

• a place where two pieces of Earth’s crust meet

What is a geographer?

• a social scientist who studies geography.

• A geographer is a professional athlete.
• A geographer studies the stars and planets.
• A geographer is a type of plant.

What is the global grid?

• A map of how to get from one location to another.

• A method for tracking climate change.
• A system for global internet connectivity.
• the crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map or globe.

What is a hemishphere?

• A type of fruit.
• A geographical region.
• A mathematical equation.
• half of the globe

What are lines of latitude?

• lines on a globe or map that run east to west and measure distance from the equator; also called parallels.

• Lines of latitude are vertical lines that measure the weather.

• Lines of latitude are the same as lines of longitude.
• Lines of latitude are used to measure ocean currents.

What are lines of longitude?

• lines on a globe or map that run north to south and measure distance from the prime meridian; also called meridians

• Lines of longitude are imaginary lines that measure temperature across the globe.
• Lines of longitude are circles that connect the North and South Poles.
• Lines of longitude are horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator.