intro to geo

• geography


  the study of the world and everything in it
• physical geography


  the study of the natural world including natural processes and landforms
• human geography


  the study of all man-made elements of the world including society
• local scale


  looking at a smaller area like a city or town
• national scale


  studying a whole country
• regional scale


  sections of a country
• continental scale


  a whole continent
• global scale


  the whole world
• atmosphere


  the layer of gas surrounding the planet
• hydrosphere


  all water on earth such as oceans and lakes
• biosphere


  the living layer of the planet like plants and animals
• lithosphere


  the solid outer layer of the earth made of rock
• maps


  a way for us to see what the world looks like and a method that geographers use to locate different things and help us find our way from one place to another
• statistical maps


  used to show the amount of something (covid cases, populations etc.)
• physical maps


  shows the physical features including land height and shape
• political maps


  used for manmade features like national borders, state boundaries, cities, towns and villages
• road maps


  shows all the essential info for driving a route including road type, petrol stations and roadside services
• prime meridian


  the line running from north to south. divides eastern and western hemisphere
• the equator


  central horizontal line running from east to west. divides northern and southern hemispheres
• latitude


  measures how far east or west you are
• longitude 


  how far north or south you are