Vocab
Vocab
Maps
Geography
Weather and Climate
100

A large sever storm that brings heavy rainfall and strong winds

What is Hurricane


100

Any water that falls to Earth

What is precipitation

100

A map that shows information such landforms and natural features of that area.

What is a physical map?

100

This runs along the East coast of Florida and includes the Florida Keys

What is Atlantic Coastal Plain?

100

The closer a place is to the equator, the ________ it is. 

What is warmer?
200

The part of the map that tells what the symbols and colors on the map mean

What is Map Legend?

200

The part of the map that shows the distance between places.

What is a map scale?

200

A map that shows a certain theme of an area.

What is a thematic map

200

This runs along the Gulf of Mexico and includes flat grasslands and wetlands

What is the Gulf Coastal Plain

200

How much moisture is in the air

What is humid

300

A shape of land on Earth's surface

What is a landform?

300

A symbol on the map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions

What is a compass rose?
300

A type of map that shows information such as counties, states, and countries

What is a political map?
300

This area is home to different habitats with many endangered species

What is the Everglades?

300

Rain, hail, sleet, and snow are examples of ....

What is precipitation?

400

North, South, East, and West are

What are cardinal directions?

400

Geology is .....

What is the study of Earth?
400

Lines on Earths map that run East to West (go Around)

What is latitude?
400

These three species are invasive to the Everglades. 

What are Burmese python, walking catfish, and the Cuban tree frog?

400

This affects an areas climate

What is elevation and latitude?

500

The pattern of weather in a certain place over a long period of time

What is climate?
500

The directions between the cardinal directions, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest

What are intermediate directions?

500

Lines on Earths map that run North to South (Over)

What is Longitude?

500

Known as Florida uplands, this region includes lakes and gentle hills. 

What are the Central Highlands of Florida?

500

Severe weather can cause __________ to houses, start fires, or flooding

What is damage?

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