Land Formations
A land with steep sides that rise up to the air is called...
Mountain
What hemispheres does the equator divide?
northern and southern hemispheres
What's the difference between a hill and a mountain?
A hill is smaller
What are the four cardinal directions?
north, south, east, west
What are the four parts of a map?
title, map key, scale and compass rose
What is a peninsula?
piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What divides the eastern and western hemisphere?
prime meridian
What's the difference between a peninsula and an island?
Peninsula is surrounded by water on three sides. An island is surrounded by water on ALL sides.
Name the intermediate directions.
northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast
Its a drawing that shows what a place looks like from above.
What is a large are of flat grassy land called?
Plain
What two hemispheres do we live in?
western and northern
What's the difference between a lake and an ocean?
A lake is freshwater and surrounded by land. An ocean is salty,
5 oceans. Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern
What's a title?
It tells what kind of information you will find on a map.
What is a river?
a natural flowing body of water which runs towards an ocean, lake or sea
What hemisphere is Australia located in?
Southern
What's the difference between a globe and a map? What are their disadvantages?
A globe is a sphere. It is hard to carry around and not very detailed.
A map is a flat model. It is distorted and not the same shape as the Earth.
Name the continents.
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, Austrailia
What helps determine the distance between two places on a map?
a scale
What is a lake?
large body of water that is surrounded by land
Which ocean is located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
Atlantic Ocean
What's the difference between the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean?
Arctic is in the northern hemisphere. Southern is near Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.
What continent do we live on? What ocean is closest to us?
North America. Atlantic Ocean
What's a compass rose?
Its a drawing that tells where north, south, east and west are on a map.