Unit 1 - Physical Geography

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Students will need to be able to define and/or identify key terms and vocabulary relating to physical geography and basic map skills. Each student can add information but it is up to each of you to make sure that the information is accurate. Be detailed as possible in your response. This can save you a lot of time. Collaborate and work together! No one student should do all the work!!!

1. Draw a diagram of the Earth and include lines of longitude.
Identify the Prime Meridian
 http://animoto.com/play/Z1DT0gj1VKpXL657fr5jRQ
2.Draw a diagram of the Earth and include lines latitude.
Identify the Equator
 http://animoto.com/play/01okiV0XPNedWNygKLO0dw
3. Define and give an example of a Formal Region.
 http://animoto.com/play/Zzr0gev0WFDZ1uIMJ5kEMg
4. Define and give an example of a Functional Region
5. Define and given an example of a Perceptual Region
 http://animoto.com/play/WPt1yrDp8QH0oYQmRCaFgA
6. Draw the Earth and label each layer of the Earth.
 http://animoto.com/play/t9qW0hkcC9mhT6gPXd0a8A
7. Draw a compass rose and label the Cardinal & intermediate directions.

Plate Tectonics
8. Draw and label each of the three types of plate boundaries.
a.)
http://animoto.com/play/ibttKtQDumvGcA9MSj4n0w

b.)


c.)
9. List landforms that are created with each type of boundary.
 http://animoto.com/play/oAR8hO0S2UjeH9kxHnzhXA
10. What is the “Ring of Fire”?
 http://animoto.com/play/bAA3WHnelbKBOxj3ouT6TQ
11. Define Fault:

12. Explain Continental Drift.
 http://animoto.com/play/iHVIw6hb61pVqsXEVZQJBg
13. Explain how one can tell which mountain is the oldest?
14. What is a rift valley? What type of plate boundary creates a rift valley?
15. What can be caused by all three types of plate boundaries?
16. Explain the difference between physical weathering and chemical weathering. Give an example of each.
17. Define erosion.
18. Give one positive and one negative aspect of wind erosion.
19. Give one positive and one negative aspect of water erosion.
20. Name one type of landform that is created by Glacier erosion.
21. How is soil created? How is humus created?
22. How is new crust added to the floor of the Atlantic Ocean? What impact does this have on North America and Europe?

Our Earth
23. List the four spheres and what is contained in each one.
 a.)


b.)


c.)


d.)
24. In your own words, explain the Hydrologic Cycle.
25. Draw the Hydrologic Cycle.
26. Draw and explain each one of the following landforms:
 Valley –


Hills –


Mountains –


Plains –


Fjord –


River –


Delta –


Strait –


Island –


Canyon –


Plateau –


Peninsula –


Isthmus –


Archipelago –


Cape –


Bay –


Gulf –


Lake –

Glacier –
27. What is the longest mountain chain in the world? Highest?