Maps
The Continent that we live on
Australia/Oceania
What shape is the earth?
a sphere
What is a hemisphere?
half a sphere
The state that I live in
New South Wales
What is an ocean?
a large body of water
What is the capital of Victoria
Melbourne
What is a compass rose?
a small drawing on a map that shows direction (North, East, South, West)
The number of oceans on earth
5
What is a continent?
A large mass of land
These are cardinal directions
North
South
East
West
The unit being studied at the moment
Biomes
What is the Australia's capital city?
Canberra
The number of continents
7
Line that splits the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
How many continents are in the world?
7
The country that I live in
Australia
The Study of the world around us and its people is called:
Geography
What is a mapmaker called?
Cartographer
Name the 4 Key features every map needs
1) Title
2) Legend
3) Scale
4) Compass Rose
True or False. When magma reaches Earth's surface and flows from volcanoes it is called lava.
True
What is a country?
A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
On a map key, what do we call the pictures that stand for something else?
Symbols
What is a key/legend?
something that tells what each symbol on the map stands for
What is the capital of New South Whales?
Sydney
List the continents
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Africa
These lines run from west to east and are parallel to the equator
lines of latitude
This imaginary line is located a 0 degrees and runs East/West
The Equator
What hemisphere is Australia in?
Southern Hemisphere
These lines run north to south and measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
lines of longitude
What is the capital city of Western Australia?
Perth
Elements a map needs
B - Border
O - Orientation
L- Legend
T - Title
S - Scale
S - Source
What continent is located in all 4 hemispheres
Africa
Name the 4 layers of the earth
The inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust
The part of a map that helps compare real distances to other distances on a map is called....
A map scale
Name 2 continents
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America
Land forms such as mountains, river, plains, deserts, etc. are known as....
physical features