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Gr 4 Social Studies
Geography of our World
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What 3 three questions does a geographer ask when they want to learn about a place? | Where is it? Why is it there? What is it like there? |
What do latitude and longitude show? | Latitude and longitude show the exact location of a place. |
What does the equator do? | It divides Earth into two hemispheres. |
Why do people study geography? | It helps them understand the environment and the factors that shape the land. |
Why did large cities like St. Louis, Missouri & New Orleans, Louisiana grow on the Mississippi River? | The Mississippi River provided: 1. drinking water 2. plenty of water for farming 3. People could transport goods and make money. |
What is geography? | Geography is the study of people and places of Earth. |
What is the environment? | The environment is all the surroundings and conditions that affect living things. |
What is a hemisphere? | A hemisphere is one half of the earth's surface. |
What is a region? | A region is an area that is defined by certain features. |
What are latitude lines? | Latitude lines run parallel to the equator. They are measured in degrees north or south of the equator. |
What are longitude lines? | Lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole. They are measured in degrees east and west of the prime meridian. |
How do you find the exact location of a place? | To find the exact location, you find where the latitude and longitude lines cross. |
What does the Equator do? | It divides the Earth into two hemispheres, the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere. |
What is a glacier? | A glacier is a huge mass of slowly moving ice. |
What is a basin? | A basin is an area with a low center surrounded by high land. |
What is a product? | A product is something that is made from natural resources. |
What are nonrenewable resources? | They are things that nature cannot replace after they are used. |
What is a tectonic plate? | It is a huge slab of slowly moving rock. |
What is fossil fuel? | It is an energy source formed by the remains of things that lived long ago. |
What are natural resources? | They are things from the natural environment that people use. |
What are renewable resources? | They are things that the environment can replace after we use them. |
What is erosion? | It is a process of wearing away rock and soil. |
What is a legend? | It is a table or list that tells what the symbols on a map mean. |
What is a compass rose? | It is a symbol on a map that shows direction. |
What are rivers? | Rivers are large natural streams of water emptying into an ocean, lake or other body of water. |