Geography
What is geography?
The study of Earth's physical and cultural features.
What is a map key?
A box that explains the meaning of different symbols used on a map.
What are latitude lines?
Imaginary horizontal lines that measure distance north and south of the Equator.
What are climate zones?
Specific areas of the globe that have consentient weather patterns.
What is a physical map?
A map that shows the natural landforms and terrain of a location.
What are landforms?
The natural features of the land's surface.
What is a map scale?
A tool that measures the relationship between the distance of locations on the map and the distance of locations in real life.
What are parallels?
Another name for lines of latitude.
What is the tropical zone?
Hot climate between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
What is a political map?
A type of map that identifies cities, states, and countries.
What is climate?
The average weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
What is a compass rose?
A circle that shows the key directions on a map.
What is the Arctic Circle?
Major line of latitude that runs 66 degrees north of the Equator.
What are temperate zones?
Mild climates between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer in the N. Hemisphere, and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the S. Hemisphere.
What is a globe?
A spherical model that is the most accurate representation of Earth.
What is environment?
All the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.
What are hemispheres? Name them.
Halves of the Earth. Northern, southern, eastern, western.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
A major line of latitude that runs 23.5 degrees north of the Equator.
What are polar zones?
Cold climate zones north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle.
What is distortion?
The misrepresentation of Earth’s features on a map, such as the area and shape of continents, compared to their actual measurements.
Define region.
An area with one or more features that make it different from other surrounding areas.
Define continent.
One of the seven large landmasses on Earth.
What is the Equator?
The central line of latitude that is measured at 0 degrees.
Define longitude.
Imaginary vertical lines that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
What is the Prime Meridian? Where is it?
The central line of longitude, which is measured at 0° and runs through Greenwich, United Kingdom.