Where on Earth is North Carolina?
A position compared to one or more other locations.
Relative Location
Another name for lines of latitude
Parallels
Long, narrow islands between the ocean and the coastline of a mainland; the Outer Banks are examples.
Barrier Islands
Low, flat land along a river; where water spreads when it a river floods.
Floodplain
When animals die out and cannot be found on Earth.
Extinct
An area with features that make it different from other areas.
Region
Your exact position on Earth, found by using latitude and longitude.
Absolute Location
A lowland that lies along an ocean.
Coastal Plain
A body of water that lies between the mainland and an island.
Sound
A place where animals find food and shelter.
Habitat
Earth's largest land areas; North America is one of them.
Continents
Lines that run north and south, also called meridians.
Lines of Longitude
The area along which rivers drop from higher to lower ground.
Fall Line
A river or stream that flows into a larger river.
Tributary
Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use.
Pollution
Hemisphere
Lines that run east and west around Earth
Lines of Latitude
Low-lying areas where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land.
Wetlands
Electricity made by using the power of rushing water.
Something people make or grow; usually to sell.
Product
Equator
The starting place for lines of longitude.
Prime Meridian
Points of land that stick out into the ocean.
Walls build to control the power of rushing water.
Dams
Something found in nature that people can use.
Natural Resource