1. Geography Terms
Pages 4 & 5

2. What is Geography?

3. #1 Geography is:
The social science that deals with the earth’s environment and the human impact on it.

4. #2 Physical Geography
-refers to the natural features found on the earth’s surface

6. #3 Cultural Geography
-refers to people’s impact on the earth’s surface or how people have changed the physical environment

8. How do these people know where you are going
How do these people know where you are going? What do they use to get to where they want to go?
Pilot
Ship’s Captain
Safari Guide
Driver in a new area

9. #7 Lines of Latitude Parallels
Imaginary lines running east to west around the globe, and used to measure distance north and south of the equator

10. #8 Lines of Longitude Meridians
Imaginary lines running from pole to pole, and are used to measure distance north to south

11. Tropics
Area of the globe between the Tropic of Cancer (23 ½ * N) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23 ½ * S)
Area of the globe that receives the most direct sunlight

12. Please add Numbers #22 & #23 to your packet…
#22 Absolute Location
-an exact position on the earth’s surface
-ex.- 23* N and 120* W
#23 Relative Location
-an approximate location in relation to a place
-ex.- I live next to Rita’s Water Ice in Lansdale
Please add Numbers #22 & #23 to your packet…

13. Earth in Relation to the Sun
The earth moves in two ways:
It rotates
It revolves

14. Rotation The turning of the earth on its axis which takes _______?
24 hours

15. Revolution
The earth’s yearly trip around the sun, which takes _______?
365 ¼ days

16. #14 Seasons- periods of the year with different climatic conditions
Summer, winter, spring and fall
Why do different areas of the globe have different seasons?

17. Special Times of the Year
Solstice-one of two days of the year when the sun’s rays strike directly on the:
(#’s 12 & 13)
Trop. of Cancer-June 21, marks the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and first day of winter in the southern hemisphere, 24 hrs of light at North Pole, 24 hrs darkness at South Pole
Trop. Of Capricorn-December 21, marks the first day of summer in the southern hemisphere and first day of winter in the northern hemisphere, 24 hrs of light at South Pole, 24 hrs darkness at North Pole

18. Special Times of the Year
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice

19. Special Times of the Year
#16 Equinox- one of two days in which the sun’s rays are directly over the Equator
March 21 and September 23
These days are the start of _______ and _______ for the northern hemisphere.
Autumn and Spring

20. Special Times of the Year