Geography: Spatial Significance and Patterns
Explore the core concepts of geography, including spatial significance, interrelationships, and patterns. Understand how to analyze location using absolute and relative terms. Study maps to identify spatial patterns and graphs to see trends over time. Consider the 'what, why, and why care' questions.
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Geography: Spatial Significance and Patterns
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List of Questions10 questions
- Question 1
- Valley glacier
- Continental glacier
- Alpine glacier
- Tidewater glacier
- Question 2
- True
- False
- Question 3
- When ice is under sufficient pressure, its melting point decreases, causing it to melt. As glaciers move over obstacles, the increased pressure on the ice at the bottom causes it to melt, allowing the glacier to slide more easily.
- Question 4
- striations
- Question 5
- Warmer air at lower altitudes melts the glacier from underneath, creating a lubricating layer.
- The ocean water freezes the glacier, making it brittle.
- The colder ocean water makes the ice more susceptible to fracturing.
- Gravity decreases closer to sea level, pulling the glacier faster.
- Question 6
- True
- False
- Question 7
- Weathering is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces, while erosion is the picking up and movement of those weathered rock particles from one location to another.
- Question 8
- two
- Question 9
- Question 10
- Why is it there?
- When did it happen?
- What is where?
- Why should we care about this place?
List of Flashcards10 flashcards
- Card 1HintThink about why a block of ice might slide faster down a hill, especially if it's getting warmer at the bottom.Memory TipWarm up, slide down, ocean bound.
- Card 2HintImagine trying to slide something heavy across a dry floor versus a wet floor.Memory TipMelt below, makes them go.
- Card 3HintThink about what happens when you press down hard on ice with something thin, like skate blades.Memory TipPressure equals lower freeze point.
- Card 4HintConsider how water flows around a rock in a stream, then solidifies again later.Memory TipMelt around, refreeze beyond.
- Card 5HintPicture 'alps' and high peaks.Memory TipMountain-moving, small and steep.
- Card 6HintThink of entire continents covered in ice, not just mountains.Memory TipContinent-sized, spreading wide, slow.
- Card 7HintConsider how ice forms under immense pressure over a long time.Memory TipDense, clean, formed differently.
- Card 8HintThink about how a snowball becomes tightly packed when you squeeze it.Memory TipSnow piles up, makes ice.
- Card 9HintImagine an ice cube in a cup of water versus one on a counter.Memory TipWater close, melts fast.
- Card 10HintThink of the forces that shape our planet like earthquakes and wind.Memory TipEarth's shapers: wind, water, land.