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WH 7 Chapter 1
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What great discovery was made in 1799 | Rosetta Stone in Egypt |
| Who discovered that each living thing has radioactive element called Carbon 14 and what does it do? | Willard Frank Libby. It is used to tell how old something is. |
| What are the 3 most important natural resources? | Air, water, and soil |
| Artifacts are? | Things made by people |
| Carved on the Rosetta Stone was what? | Egyptian picture writing and its Greek translation |
| Latitude | gives the location of a place on Earth. Parallel to the equator. |
| Tropic of Cancer | 23.5 degrees north of the equator |
| Tropic of Capricorn | 23.5 degrees south of the equator |
| Arctic Circle | 66.5 degrees north of the equator. Is always cold |
| Antarctic Circle | 66.5 degrees south of the equator |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longitude. Runs north to south. Goes through Greenwhich England. |
| Longitude | Lines that run from N.Pole to the S.Pole. Parallel to the Prime Meridian. 18o lines/degrees to west. 180 lines/degrees to east |
| Describe mountains | Highest landform. At least 2000 feet above sea level |
| Describe hills | Lower than mountains. 500-2000 feet above sea level |
| Describe plains | Large areas of flat or gently rolling land. Less than 1000 feet above sea level |
| Describe plateaus | Raised areas of land. 300-3000 feet above sea level |
| How do geographers use elevation and relief to describe landforms | Elevation is used to describe height above sea level. Relief is used to describe changes in height. |
| What is the composition of the earths core, mantle, and crust? | Inner Core-solid rock. Outer core-melted rock. Mantle-Hot,solid rock. Crust-Rock,Sand,and soul |
| How are volcanoes formed? | Lava flows,by the movement of plates, up form the earths mantle,cracks the crust, and then cools into solid rock |
| What is the common cause of earthquakes? | Sudden shifts in the earth's crust. |
| What are three outside forces that cause change to the Earth's surface and how do they reshape it? | Wind, water and ice are the three outside forces. They reshape the earth by a process called erosion in which rock and soil are moved from one place on the earth's surface to another. It can either help or hurt people. |
| How did glaciers affect human and physical geography? | The ice drove people and animals away, smoothed hills into plains, created lakes and dug new channels for rivers. |
| What is the longest river system in the world? | The Nile River. It is about 4160 miles long. |
| How is climate shaped by movements of the Earth? | The Earth moves around the sun in a circular path. It takes 365 1/4 days to get around. The earths revolution around the sun causes the seasons. |
| How can a place's latitude help you predict temperatures in the area? | If it is closer to the equator it will be hotter. The farther away the place is from the equator, the colder it will be. |
| Where is the tropical zone located? | It is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. |
| What type of weather is found in each temperate zone? | Cold in winter and warm in summer. |
| Why is the polar zone so cold? | It receives no rays of sunlight for part of the year and only slanting rays during the rest of the year. |
| How did the prevailing winds get their name? | They blow from a certain direction almost all the time. |
| What are ocean currents? | Ocean water that flows in a steady stream. |
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