Landforms
This landform is surrounded by water on ALL sides
What is an island?
A very large body of water
What is an ocean?
The four main directions on the compass rose
What are north, south, east, and west?
The imaginary lines on a map that run North and South (vertically)
What are longitude lines?
Multiple Choice: This is something you would most likely find on a stream...
a. a cruise ship
b. a motorboat
c. a kayak
What is C. a kayak?
The landform where you would find a cactus
What is a desert?
A long, narrow body of water that flows through the land toward a lake, sea, or ocean
What is a river?
The symbol that tells you directions on a map
What is a compass rose?
The imaginary lines on a map that run East and West (horizontally)
What are latitude lines?
The part of a map that will help you find how far you will need to travel
What is the scale?
A broad, flat, or gently rolling habitat full of various grasses
What is a plain or grassland?
A small body of water surrounded by land. This is smaller than a lake.
What is a pond?
Multiple Choice: A map that shows where mountains and deserts are located. This is a _______________ map
a. resource map
b. population map
c. physical map
d. political map
What is C. Physical Map?
This imaginary line divides the earth into two halves: the East and the West
What is the Prime Meridian?
Multiple Choice: You would expect to find the greatest number of people living here...
a. on a mountain
b. near water
c. on a glacier
d. on a prairie
What is B. Near Water?
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
The large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
What is a lake?
The special part of a map that explains the symbols on a map
What is a key or legend?
This imaginary line divides the earth into two halves: the North and the South
What is the Equator?
Multiple Choice: The description of a globe that is most correct...
a. It is shaped like a large ball with a map of the earth on it.
b. It is a flat satellite picture of the earth.
c. It is a life size clay model of the earth.
d. It is a square model of the earth that shows borders.
What is A. It is shaped like a large ball with a map of the earth on it?
A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land
What is a plateau?
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly down a mountain
What is a glacier?
The type of map that is an image taken from space
What is a satellite map?
Multiple Choice: This ocean is farthest North...
a. Arctic Ocean
b. Pacific Ocean
c. Atlantic Ocean
What is A. Arctic Ocean?
The number of continents in the world
What is 7?