Geography at it's simplest.
The study of physical features on planet Earth.
What is geography?
A symbol on the map that shows the cardinal direction.
What is a compass rose with cardinal directions?
A sea or stretch of water containing many islands.
What is an Archipelago?
A body of water that is surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
A division of the ocean that is enclosed or partly enclosed by land.
What is the Sea?
An invisible, imaginary line around the earth that is equally distant from every pole.
What is the equator?
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth.
What are the lines of latitude?
Also acceptable: What is the equator?
Wetlands that form as rivers that empty their water and sediment into another body of water.
What is a delta?
A coastal body of water is connected to a larger body of water, such as a sea or lake.
What is a bay?
A freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream or river.
What is a Tributary?
A unit of measure (angles) represented by certain symbols.
What are degrees?
(Geographically)
A planet's meridian adopted as the zero of longitude.
What is a prime meridian?
A plot of land that is smaller than a continent and is surrounded by water.
What is an Island?
A long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
What is a Fjord?
A wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie nearby.
What is a channel?
The size of an area represented on a map.
What is a scale?
(On a map)
"In geography, a headland, or peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually the sea. It usually represents a marked change in the trend of the coastline, often making them important landmarks in sea navigation."
-National Geographic Society
October 19, 2023.
What is a cape?
A body of water sheltered by natural or artificial barriers.
What is a harbor?
A portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
What is a gulf?
A flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
What is a Plateau?
A man-made river that allows boats, ships, etc to pass from one body of water to another.
What is a canal?
The misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
What is distortion on a map?
A long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland.
What is a Lock or Loch?
A narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and separates two bodies of water.
What is an Isthmus?
An area classified according to the species that live in that location
What is a Biome?