Vocab
A large sever storm that brings heavy rainfall and strong winds
What is Hurricane
Any water that falls to Earth
What is precipitation
A map that shows information such landforms and natural features of that area.
What is a physical map?
This runs along the East coast of Florida and includes the Florida Keys
What is Atlantic Coastal Plain?
The closer a place is to the equator, the ________ it is.
The part of the map that tells what the symbols and colors on the map mean
What is Map Legend?
The part of the map that shows the distance between places.
What is a map scale?
A map that shows a certain theme of an area.
What is a thematic map
This runs along the Gulf of Mexico and includes flat grasslands and wetlands
What is the Gulf Coastal Plain
How much moisture is in the air
What is humid
A shape of land on Earth's surface
What is a landform?
A symbol on the map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions
A type of map that shows information such as counties, states, and countries
This area is home to different habitats with many endangered species
What is the Everglades?
Rain, hail, sleet, and snow are examples of ....
What is precipitation?
North, South, East, and West are
What are cardinal directions?
Geology is .....
Lines on Earths map that run East to West (go Around)
These three species are invasive to the Everglades.
What are Burmese python, walking catfish, and the Cuban tree frog?
This affects an areas climate
What is elevation and latitude?
The pattern of weather in a certain place over a long period of time
The directions between the cardinal directions, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
What are intermediate directions?
Lines on Earths map that run North to South (Over)
What is Longitude?
Known as Florida uplands, this region includes lakes and gentle hills.
What are the Central Highlands of Florida?
Severe weather can cause __________ to houses, start fires, or flooding
What is damage?