Geography Terms

If you move to a __________ area, you won't see a lot of skyscrapers or taxis — but you'll probably see a lot of trees.

• urban

• rural

• physical

• habitat

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

geography is the study of the processes that shape the Earth's surface, the animals and plants that inhabit it.

• urban

• rural

• physical

• habitat

With so many areas of woodland being cut down, a lot of wildlife is losing its natural _______________.

• urban

• rural

• physical

• habitat

Coastlines are shaped by marine __________.

• function

• pollution

• continent

• erosion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

Australia is both a country and a ________________.

• function

• climate

• continent

• erosion

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The __________ of Thailand is tropical, with three distinct seasons: - a hot season, a rainy season, and a cold season.

• function

• climate

• weather

• erosion

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

The equator is the most well known parallel. At 0 degrees ____________, it equally divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• latitude

• longitude

Meridian lines run north to south from pole to pole. The prime meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, has a ____________ of 0 degrees.

• latitude

• longitude

__________ occurs in different forms; air, water, soil, radioactive, noise, heat/ thermal, and light.

• pollution

• poverty

• weather

• infrastructure

In every _____________, there is little water available for plants and other organisms.

• ecosystem

• climate

• weather

• desert

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4