World Geography Vocabulary 1

The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

A portion of land nearly surrounded by water like the continent of Europe

• Lake

• River

• Peninsula

• Country

Imaginary lines that measure how far a location is north or south of the Equator

• Latitude

• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator Meridian
• Longitude Line

What is the Coriolis effect?

• change in location of warm and cold surface water every 2-7 years

• makes things (like planes or currents of air) traveling long distances around Earth appear to move at a curve as opposed to a straight line.

• winds in northern Indian ocean that blow from the southwest in the summer & from the northeast in winter

• two layers of horizontal winds moving in opposite directions

A formal region are areas that share a common characteristic or feature throughout the region. An example includes

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Western USA

• A pizza delivery area

• Silicon Valley

A functional region is an area defined by a central point (node) and the surrounding areas linked to it through specific functions like transportation, communication, or economic activity

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Western USA

• A pizza delivery area

• Texas

A perceptual region is based on

• ones' thought, feelings and ideas about an area

• formal borders like the state of Ohio

• a business area such as Silicon Valley

____ sensing is the process of measuring an object or phenomenon of interest from a distance.

• GPS

• Remote

• Aerial

• Electromagnetic (EM)

Answer explanation

Ref: Chapter 4 pg. 48, Barnhart, R. K., Marshall, D. M., Shappee, E., & Most, M. T. (Eds.). (2016). Introduction to unmanned aircraft systems

_____ uses layered data that shows the best area to buy a house. It shows data such as the land, crime, and income of the area.

• GPS

• GIS

• Topographic Map

• Thermal Imaging

An example of direct observation would be

• taking soil samples from a farm field

• using sonar to map the bottom of the ocean

• using satellite data to measure snowfall on Mt. Everest