Unit 1 Part 1 SSG Answers Slide 9 What are geographers looking for when comparing two different cities or locations? Geographic patterns What technology is used by geographers to create maps with layers of data? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) What satellite technology is used to find absolute locations? Global Positioning System (GPS) What are the themes of geography? Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Region What are places called with similar traits and customs? Regions

Unit 1 Part 2 SSG Answers Slide 11 Lines on maps that run horizontally and measure things north and south of the equator are called what? Latitude Lines on maps that run vertically and measure things east and west of the prime meridian are called what? Longitude What coordinate line passes through Greenwich, England and is the origin point for time zones? Prime Meridian How is distance between places shown on a map as it is zoomed in or out? Map Scale What are people called who create maps? Cartographers

Unit 1 Part 3 SSG Answers Slide How much is the Earth tilted which causes the changes in seasons? 23.5 degrees The approximate start of summer and winter are known as what? Solstice The approximate start of spring and autumn are known as what? Equinox Earth’s continents are located on moving plates called what? Tectonic Plates When Earth’s plates move, what is the process called? Continental Drift

Unit 1 Part 4 SSG Answers Slide Continental land that has not yet dropped off to the ocean floor, is located on what? Continental Shelf The gradual break down of soil and rock is called what? Erosion Statistically, many of the Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes occur where? Pacific Plate/”Ring of Fire” Large and powerful ocean waves that can cause extensive damage to coastlines are called what? Tsunamis A tropical storm with very strong swirling winds is called what in the western hemisphere? Hurricane

Unit 1 Part 5 SSG Answers Slide What is a resource that comes from, or is, a living thing? Biological Resource What are non-living natural resources? Mineral Resource Oil is an example of what type of resource? Non-Renewable/Fossil Fuel What type of materials are used to make products? Raw Materials A community of plants and animals that benefit one another is called what? Ecosystem