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Geo-pardy
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Vocab Topos Reverse Vocab Maps Mixed Bag $100 $200 $300 $400 $500
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How would you tell someone where Chadwick International is by its Relative Location?
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Answers may vary…describe it as it relates to another known location or nearby place.
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What do the initials “LOLAW” Stand for
What do the initials “LOLAW” Stand for? (hint: is has to do with Forces of Nature & factors that affect climate)
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Latitude Oceans Landforms Altitude Winds
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What does the Equator divide the world into?
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Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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What are Cardinal Directions?
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Cardinal directions refer to the points on a compass rose: Directions of North, South, East, West
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Give an example of 1 catchy phrase people use to help remember their cardinal directions!
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Examples: Never Eat Sour Watermelon or… Never Eat Soggy Waffles
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The shape (landform shape & changes in elevation) and actual elevation of the land
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What do Contour lines represent?
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The number “0” feet (or meters) on a topographic map represents this
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What is Sea Level?
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What you learn about the terrain on a topographic map by comparing the distance between contour lines
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What is the steepness of slope?
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The effect of the ocean side of a mountain receiving heavy rainfall as cool air rises over the mountain barrier at a higher, cooler elevation. This results in the air being drier when it reaches the other side of the mountain.
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What is the Orographic effect”?
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These are determined by climate, latitude, elevation, vegetable, etc
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What are biomes?
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Describe 1 way humans have increased their risk of harm by Typhoons/Hurricanes
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Answers may vary but may include living too close to coastline, climate change, high population density along coast lines
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This theory includes many different models, varying from 4-9 major landmasses
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What is Continental Theory?
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Distance North or South of the Equator, Measured in degrees
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What is Latitude?
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A condition that creates a problem in the body’s sleeping pattern caused by high-speed air travel across lines of longitude
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Jet-Lag
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A map that shows the surface features of a place and sometimes shows elevation, and some landforms.
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Physical Map
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Name at least 2 characteristics of a GOOD map
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Map title, Map Legend (Key), Labels, Use of Symbols,
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Where symbols on a map are explained
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What is the legend or map key?
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The lines on a map or globe that connect the north and south poles and measure distance East and West of the Prime Meridian?
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What are Longitude lines?
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Maps that shows very specific and focused information only related to that topic
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What are Thematic Maps?
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How we show the relationship between a given distance on the Earth’s surface and the same distance as represented on a map
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What is a Map scale?
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A type of map is the most accurate representation of Earth?
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What is a Globe?
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someone who creates maps
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What is a cartographer?
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Name 3 Biomes & 1 human adaptation to the biome
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Savanna (tropical grassland)
Tundra Taiga Tropical Rainforest Temperate Grassland Temperate Forest Desert Mediterranean Scrub Savanna (tropical grassland) Wetland
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A group of many islands
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What is an archipalego?
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A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river.
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What is a delta?
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