Name that Geographical Feature!
More Geographical Features!
Maps, Maps, and maps!
Climates of the World
Mystery
100
An area of land that has water on THREE sides is called this.
What is a PENINSULA?
100
This type of water covers the majority of the surface on earth and is made of salt water.
What is the OCEAN?
100
The main four directions on a compass rose are (in order, starting with the top and working clock-wise)
What is N, S, E, W (north, south, east, west)?
100
This climate is extremely hot AND cold, and only receives 6-15" of rain per year.
What is a DRY climate?
100
Full name of the geographical feature in New London that allows ships to come into port and unload goods.
What is the THAMES RIVER?
200
Water that moves along toward the ocean is called this.
What is a RIVER?
200
It rises into the air and is usually very steep. This makes it harder to walk, and in some sections, people need to climb!
What is a MOUNTAIN?
200
This element of a map helps people read it successfully: it labels what all of the symbols on the map mean.
What is a MAP KEY or a LEGEND?
200
This climate has three different seasons (wet, wet and dry, and monsoon) and never drops below freezing because of it's closeness to the sun.
What is the TROPICAL climate?
200
The five oceans in the world are the Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and this.
What is the SOUTHERN OCEAN? (renamed in 2000)
300
A body of water that is completely surrounded by land is this.
What is a LAKE?
300
People travel from all over the world to Costa Rica in order to see this natural geographical feature: it is active, and has been for many years!
What is a VOLCANO? (Arenal, Costa Rica)
300
This element of a map tells the reader what the map is describing.
What is the MAP TITLE?
300
This type of climate is perfect for farming because of it's vast plains and moderate amounts of rainfall.
What is the HIGHLAND climate?
300
Eskimos in Alaska use igloos as a shelter, which insulate them from the frigid temperatures in this climate.
What is the POLAR climate?
400
A large area of land that is mostly flat with little trees is called this.
What is a PLAIN?
400
The ice in the arctic climate that hasn't melted in thousands of years is also known as this.
What is PERMAFROST?
400
These are the diagonal directions on a map (starting in the top right section of the compass rose and moving clockwise).
What is NE, SE, SW, NW? (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest)
400
This type of climate is seen in New London, CT, and has four different, distinct seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn)
What is the CONTINENTAL climate?
400
This is the highest navigable lake in the world, on the border between Peru and Bolivia.
What is LAKE TITICACA?
500
An area of water that connects to the ocean, and curves inland is called this.
What is a BAY?
500
Many people make it a goal to hike up these, which exist in many highlands of the world.
What are MOUNTAINS?
500
This tool helps people figure out the direction on a map they are reading.
What is a COMPASS, or COMPASS ROSE?
500
Puerto Rico is considered tropical because it is in between the Tropic of C _ _ _ _ _ and the Tropic of C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
What is the Tropic of CANCER and the Tropic of CAPRICORN?
500
Two types of volcanoes, one is active, the other is D _ _ _ _ _ _.
What is DORMANT?
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