Vocabulary Definitions
What is the term that goes along with this definition: Imaginary lines that run east to west around the Earth and measure distance north or south of the equator in degrees.
What is Latitude?
What is the term that goes along with this definition: A large, continuous mass of land on Earth's surface (there are seven continents).
What is a Continent?
A series of connected mountains is called?
What is a Mountain Range?
Areas near the equator typically have ____________________, while areas near the poles have _________ climates.
warm/hot/tropical, cold/polar
What is the term that goes along with this definition: Imaginary lines that run north to south from pole to pole and measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian in degrees.
What is Longitude?
What is the term that goes along with this definition: A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides but connected to the mainland on one side.
What is a Peninsula?
What is a Low land between hills or mountains?
What is a Valley?
What are the four intermediate directions?
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest
What is the term that goes along with the definition: An imaginary line at 0° longitude that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England, dividing the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
What is the term that goes along with this definition: A piece of land that is completely surrounded by water on all sides.
What is an Island?
A large area of flat or gently rolling land is called
What is a Plain?
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, East, South, and West
What is the term that goes along with the definition: An imaginary line that circles the Earth at 0° latitude, dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
What is the term that goes along with this definition: A group or chain of islands clustered together in a body of water.
What is an Archipelago?
A large, flat area of elevated land is called
What is a Plateau?
Pacific Ocean (largest)
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean)
Arctic Ocean (smallest)
What is the term that goes along with the definition: Half of the Earth, divided by the equator (Northern and Southern) or the Prime Meridian (Eastern and Western).
What is Hemisphere?
What is the term that goes along with this definition: A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a Strait?
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas is called
What is Isthmus?
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia (Oceania)