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Geography- Poulos
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absolute location | a point on the earths surface expressed by a coordinate system such as longitude and latitude. |
| relative location | a location of a place in relation to a another place |
| perspective | a way of regarding situations facts and judging there relative importance |
| proximity | nearness nearness in place, time, order, occurrence, or relation. |
| distance | the extent of space between two objects or places |
| direction | the act or an intance of directing |
| bearing | the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself including posture and gestures |
| coorndinates | of the same order or degree equal in rank or importance |
| vector | a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is propertional to the magnitude |
| location | a place of settlement activity or resident |
| place | a particular portion of space whether of definite or indefinite extent |
| movement | the act processed or results of moving |
| human environmental interaction | environmental sociology is typically defined as the sociological study of societal-environmental interactions |
| region | an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body |
| ecology | the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and there environment including other organisms |
| adaptation | the act of adapting |
| climate | a region or area characterized by a given climate |
| equator | the great circle of the earth that is equidistant from the north pole and south pole |
| parallel | extending the same direction |
| prime meridian | the meridian with a longitude of 0 |
| meridian | a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earths surface |
| hemisphere | a map or projection representing on the these halves |
| tropic of cancer | 23.5 degrees and 30 degrees north of the equator |
| tropic of capricorn | 23.5 latitude |
| Cardinal Directions | directions on the compass rose |
| intermediate directions | directions on the compass rose |
| latitude | the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. |
| longitude | lines running from the noth pole to the south pole |
| international dateline | 180degrees longitude in the middle of the pacific ocean |
| tropic zone | the part of earths surface between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn |
| compass rose | north south east and west |
| legend / key | |
| scale | |
| equinox | the time when the sun crosses the planet |
| summer soltice | is the longest day of the year |
| winter sostice | December 21-22 is the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and marks the beginning of winter for the earth north of the equator. |
| poles | the projection of the planet Earth's axis of rotation onto the celestial sphere; also applies to the axis of rotation |
| gps | global postioning system |
| gis |
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