Maps
Outer Space
Earth's Structure
Landforms
Critical Thinking
100
North, South, East, and West are called the what?
The Cardinal Directions
100
The path a planet travels, in an oval shape.
Orbit
100
200 million years ago the planet had one super continent that was called... (spell it correctly, please)
Pangaea
100
Low-lying stretches of flat or gently rolling land
Plains
100
Name a state in the United States that is a peninsula or has a part of it that is a peninsula, must be able to locate on map.
Florida, California, Alaska, Washington, Louisiana, Maryland/Virginia/Delaware
200
A box on a map that has various symbols for different types of locations on a map.
Key or legend
200
The layer of various gases (air) that surround the Earth
The atmosphere
200
The outer layer of the Earth is called the....
Crust
200
Draw what an isthmus looks like on the board
Should look like a narrow strip of land that is surrounded by water on both sides
200
Name 4 continents
North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia, Antarctica
300
Vertical lines on a map that measure East and West
Longitude
300
The Earth spins completely around its [blank] every 24 hours.
Axis
300
The second layer of the Earth is called the [blank] and is made up of liquid rock or magma.
Mantle
300
Flat land that drops off sharply, like cliff, on all sides
Plateau
300
Name 3 of the 4 major oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern Ocean
400
Horizontal Lines on a map that measure North and South, parallel with the Equator
Latitude
400
The exact amount of time that it takes for Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun.
365 and 1/4 days
400
Plate tectonics is what?
The theory that the Earth is made up of large slabs of rock that move around.
400
What are these a picture of?
Peninsulas
400
Describe two different ways that any landforms we've studied could be created. (Hint: Landforms are isthmus, peninsulas, islands, plains, plateaus, etc)
YES!!!!!
500
0 degrees longitude
The Prime Meridian
500
What is the longest day of the year called?
Summer solstice
500
Name two natural phenomena that occur because of plate tectonics
Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes
500
The opposite of an isthmus is called what? See map
Strait
500
Why is important to study Geography? (hint: think about the 5 themes)
YES!!!!
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