Key Vocab
Time since humans invented and used written records
History
Long before there were people on Earth, the continents made up one supercontinent named
Pangea
The height a land mass is above or below sea level is called its
Elevation
Mountains, plains, and plateaus are all examples of
Landforms
Any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls to the Earth
Precipitation
Time before humans invented and used written records
Pre-History
Time after the birth of Jesus Christ, abbreviated as C.E.
Common Era
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
Glacier
Relative location is where one place is in relation to another, but a place's coordinates would be this
Absolute Location
In math, this term means a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts.
Ratio
Object, tool, or item made by humans. Not living.
Artifact
Time before the birth of Jesus Christ, abbreviated as B.C.E.
Before Common Era
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period
Climate
Materials on Earth that people use to live and to meet their needs
Natural Resources
In ELA, this term compares things using like or as
Simile
Remains of a plant, animal, or human. Used to be living.
Fossil
Human invention that marked the end of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) Era and beginning of Neolithic Era (New Stone Age)
Farming
These vertical lines help you find location East and West of the Prime Meridian
Longitude
When two continental plates rub against each other, it results in an
Earthquake
Your eye dilates when it receives a lot of light, but does this when it gets little light
Contract
Remains of a building, city, or other structure that humans built.
Ruin
Human invention that historians marked as the end of prehistory and the beginning of history
Written records
The invisible line that goes North to South around the Earth at zero degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
The acronym we use to remember the five themes of geography
MR. HELP
The animal that Mr. Ramos told you all to remember was the scariest on the planet
Hippo!