What is a Strait?
A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water.
What is the Sea?
A great body of salt water that covers much of the earth
What is a Peninsula?
A strip of land covered by the sea. (Three sides covering the land.)
What is a Loch? (Lock)
A piece of sea water, usually landlocked. Landlocked is where water builds up in a little place but with no visible place of origin.
What is a Lake?
A body of water that's surrounded by land.
What is a Isthmus?
A piece or strip of land that has sea on both sides.
What is a Island?
A body of land surrounded by water.
What is a Harbor?
A part of a body of water that is next to land and that is protected and deep enough to provide safety for ships, etc...
What is a Gulf?
A part of an ocean or sea extending into land.
What is a Fjord?
A narrow body of water that falls as deep into inland.
What is a Delta?
A delta is a part of a river that is connecting with a ocean.
What is a Cape (in geography)?
A cape are long, elevated landforms that extend into a large body of water, like an ocean, river, etc..
What is a Canal?
A human-made waterway passage that allows ships and boats pass through into another body of water.
What is a Bay?
A A circular body of water that connects into a larger body of water like a lake or ocean.
What is a Archipelago?
A Archipelago is a area that contains little islands scattered around in large body of water.
What is a Key (Legend)?
A Key (Legend) is a list of symbols on a map that represent something on it.
What is Distortion (on a map)?
Distortion is when something on a map doesn't match exactly what it is in real life.
What is a Scale (on a map)?
Scale is something you'll find on a Key (Legend). It's a ratio of inches, feet, miles, kilometers, ect, relating to its real world length.
Ex: 1:24,000: means that for every 1 inch on the map, 24,000 inches have been covered on the ground.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The line of 0 degrees longitude, that commences measuring the earth on a map from east to west.
What is Geography?
Geography is the study of physical traits that the earth has and its atmosphere.
What are Lines of Lattitude?
Lines of latitude are horizontally pointing lines on a map that measure the earth from north to south.
What is the Equator?
The Equator is a singular imaginary line that divides the earth into two separate parts that runs around the middle of the world from east to west.
What are Lines of Longitude?
Lines of longitude are vertically pointing lines that divide the earth and measure it form east to west on a map.
What are Degrees?
Degrees are angular measurements that are used to locate specific parts in the world from a map.
What is a Compass Rose?
A Compass Rose is a symbol on a map that shows the general or cardinal directions on a map.