lines in the globe premid

  1. Geography
    • study of the lands, features, inhabitants, & phenomena of the Earth & planets.
    • seeks an understanding of Earth & its human and natural complexities
    • geography comes from Greek word
    • geo & graphien
  2. means “earth description”.
    geo
  3. means To write/recording or describing.
    graphien
  4. the first person to use the word Geography
    Eratosthenes
  5. the most probable earliest globe was constructed by the Greek geographer _
    Crate of Mallus.
  6. Geography is often defined in terms of 2 branches:
    • human geography
    • physical geography.
  7. Studies people & their communities, cultures, economies, & interactions w/ environment
    Human geography
  8. studies the processes & patterns in the natural environment like atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and geosphere.
    Physical geography
  9. 10 Lines on the Globe
    • Equator
    • Prime Meridian
    • Parallel Lines (Lines of Latitude)
    • Meridian Lines(Lines of Longitude)
    • Tropic of Cancer
    • Tropic of Capricorn
    • Arctic circle
    • Antarctic Circle
    • International Date Line
    • Axis
  10. imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
    Equator
  11. imaginary line of 0° longitude, starting point for measuring distance both east and west
    Prime Meridian
  12. geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position
    Parallel Lines (Lines of Latitude)
  13. angle which ranges from 0° at the Equator 90° (North or South) at the poles.
    Latitude
  14. measurement east or west of the Prime Meridian.
    Meridian Lines (Lines of Longitude)
  15. measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down)
    Longitude
  16. parallel of latitude 23.5 degrees (23.50 ) north of the equator where the sun can appear directly overhead.
    Tropic of Cancer
  17. parallel of latitude 23.5 degrees south of the equator where the sun can appear
    Tropic of Capricorn
  18. runs 66.5 degrees north of the Equator.
    Arctic Circle
  19. runs 66.5 degrees south of the Equator.
    Antarctic Circle
  20. imaginary line of demarcation on the surface of the Earth, defines the boundary between calendar dates
    International Date Line (IDL)
  21. imaginary line that goes through the center of the earth from north pole to south pole,
    Axis
  22. where the earth rotates
    Axis
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lines in the globe premid
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