Worksheets1.4 Spatial Concepts
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The area between two or more phenomena or things.
Space
Place
Location
Pattern
Where specific phenomena are located either on a grid system or relative to another location
Location
space
place
Site
The specific human physical characteristic of a location
Place
Space
Site
Region
A group of places in the same area that shares a characteristic.
region
place
space
site
The characteristics of the immediate location
site
situation
place
space
The location of a place relative to its surroundings and connectivity
situation
site
region
space
Human perception of a place. Differs from person to person based on perspective.
sense of place
toponym
placelessness
region
Place name
Toponym
Sense of Place
Placelessness
Patterns
Shrinking distance between locations because of improved methods of transportation.
time-space compression
impact of distance
friction of distance
distance decay
The contact, movement, and flow of things between locations.
spatial interactions
spatial patterns
flow
compression
The patterns and movement of ideas, people, and products
flow
compression
pattern
spatial interaction
When things are farther apart, they tend to be less connected
friction of distance
distance decay
spatial interaction
accessibility
The inverse relationship between distance and connection
friction of distance
distance decay
flow
spatial interaction
The general arrangement of things being studied
pattern
site
situation
distribution
The way a phenomenon is spread out or arranged over an area helping to determine a pattern
distribution
pattern
spatial interaction
spatial association
Matching patterns of distribution of two or more phenomena demonstrating a relationship
spatial association
spatial approach
spatial interaction
pattern
