Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Climate
Elements of a Map
Miscellaneous
100
One complete spin of Earth on its axis
What is rotation?
100
A line that measures distance east/west of prime meridian
What is longitude?
100
A cause of climate; how high above or below sea level land is.
What is elevation?
100
Part of the map that identifies symbols and their meaning
What is legend?
100
An imaginary line that is below the equator.
What is Tropic of Capricorn?
200
One trip of Earth around the sun
What is revolution?
200
A line that measures distance north/south of equator
What is latitude?
200
An effect of climate; the distaance above or below the equator
What is latitude?
200
A small map on the same page as a larger map that shows additional information
What is projection?
200
This part of the Earth experiences summer Jun - Aug.
What is The Northern Hemisphere?
300
The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the equator equally and when day and night are of equal length
What is equinox?
300
A framework of evenly spaced, parallel and intersecting lines
What is a grid?
300
A cause of climate; patterns in the ocean that cause warm or cold winds over land.
What is ocean current?
300
A circle showing the cardinal directions on a map
What is compass rose?
300
A map that shows the boundaries of states or territories.
What is politcal map?
400
The time or date (twice a year) at which the sun directs more light in either the northern or summer hemisphere
What is solstice?
400
A framework of evenly spaced, parallel and intersecting lines
What is equator
400
This causes earth's seasons.
What is earth's tilt?
400
The ratio between a distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the earth
What is scale?
400
A map that shows physical features such as mountains, rivers, etc.
What is physical map?
500
The reason for earth’s 4 seasons
What is tilt?
500
0 line of longitude
What is prime meridian
500
These seasons occur when light is evenly distributed in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
What is autumn and spring?
500
The tropic that is north of the equator.
What is the tropic of Cancer?
500
Thye part of the world that experiences summer Dec - Feb.
What is the southern hemisphere
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