a large body of water surrounded by land.
what is Lake
_______ are imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run east to west, but measure your distance north or south.
what is lines of latitude?
_____ is a rising landform that grows higher than the area around it on one side.
what is Plateau
A list of symbols that appear on the map.
what is Key
A loch is a lake or an inlet of the sea.
what is Lock or Loch
A _________ is a portion of the ocean that penetrates land.
what is gulf
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth. They run north to south from pole to pole, but they measure the distance east or west.
What is lines of longitude?
An _________ is A body of land surrounded by water.
what is island
the misrepresentation of shape, area, distance, or direction of or between geographic features when compared to their true measurements on the curved surface of the earth.
what is Distortion
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.
what is geography
A __________ is a long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland.
what is Fjord
an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.
what is the equator
an area of land known by the types of animals, vegetation, soil, and climate located there.
what is biome
A symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions.
what is Compass Rose
a group of islands
what is Archipelago
refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground- map ______.
what is Scale
a unit of latitude or longitude used to define points on the earth's surface or on the celestial sphere.
what is degrees?
The narrow passage is the water connecting to the two seas or in large waters.
what is Strait
The four ________________ are north (N), east (E), south (S), west (W), at 90° angles on the compass rose.
what is Cardinal Directions
an artificial waterway designed for navigation that people could cross the water with boats or ships.
what is Canal
An __________ is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated.
what is Isthmus
geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
what is Prime Meridian
a length of water wider than a strait.
what is channel
___________________ are formed by bisecting the above, giving: northeast (NE), southeast (SE), southwest (SW) and northwest (NW).
what is The four intercardinal (or ordinal) directions
A ______ is a high point of land that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
what is Cape