General Geography
This document may show features such as roads, mountains, land and water forms, as well as directions
A map
This word indicates an Arctic region that is traditionally very cool and sparsely populated by flora and fauna.
Permafrost
A region that is devoid or almost devoid of vegetation, especially because of low rainfall.
The gaseous envelope surrounding the earth or any other celestial body
Atmosphere
A circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as the Earth into North and South.
Equator
This item is just like the earth, only smaller.
A globe
This word indicates a heavily forested area, with high amounts of humidity, biological and ecological diversity and rain.
Rainforest
A steep high rock face, especially one that runs along the seashore and has the strata exposed
Cliff
An aerosol consisting of a visible mass of miniature liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space.
Clouds
Is the line of 0° longitude, the starting point for measuring distance both east and west around Earth and is referred to as Greenwhich Mean Time (GMT),or Zulu Time.
The Prime Meridian
These are the primary directions indicated by a compass.
Cardinal Directions
An opening in the earth's crust from which molten lava, rock fragments, ashes, dust, and gases are ejected from below the earth's surface
A slowly moving mass of ice originating from an accumulation of snow. It can either spread out from a central mass or descend from a high valley.
Glacier
The long-term prevalent weather conditions of an area, determined by latitude, position relative to oceans or continents, altitude, etc
Imaginary lines that run from North to South, or parallel to the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
The world is divided into these imaginary halves.
Hemispheres
A natural freshwater stream that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as a lake, sea, or ocean.
A river
A narrow strip of land connecting two relatively large land areas
Isthmus
An increase in the average temperature worldwide believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect
Global Warming
Imaginary lines that run from East to West, or parallel to the Equator.
Latitude
This line separates the world into the northern and southern hemispheres.
The Equator
A continuous body of salt water that is contained in an enormous basin on Earth's surface.
An ocean
This is the worlds largest desert.
Antarctica.
When carbon dioxide and some other gases in the planet's atmosphere can absorb the infrared radiation emitted by the planet's surface as a result of exposure to solar radiation, thus increasing the mean temperature of the planet
The Greenhouse Effect
Minutes and degrees.