Skills
Vocabulary Words
Map Types
Map Elements
Science Crossovers
100
What city is at 17W, 15N?
Dakar
100
The coordinates where something is exactly on Earth
Absolute Location
100
What is the most common type of vegetation in South America?
Broadleaf evergreen forest
100
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Title
100
When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
Winter
200
What is the absolute location of Rio de Janeiro?
45W 23.5S
200
The weather pattern in a place over a long period of time
climate
200
Name one city that has over 8,000,000 people in South America
Rio, Sao Paulo, Lima, Buenos Aires
200
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Latitude & Longitude
200
Name all 6 seasons
Wet, Dry, Spring, Fall, Winter, Summer
300
What does a line represent on a climatograph?
Temperature
300
What it's called when the area, shape, or size of something may change on a round thing when it is flattened
Distortion
300
What area is the lowest to the ground in this map?
Amazon Basin
300
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Legend
300
Why do the seasons change?
The tilt of the Earth while orbiting
400
What is the coldest month in Sydney, Australia based on the climatograph?
June or July
400
An area that is different from its surrounding areas based on certain features
Region
400
What is the resource that is found the most in Mexico?
Precious metals
400
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Compass Rose
400
What is a rotation?
A day
500
What is the driest month in Sydney, Australia?
September
500
Between what two lines of latitude is there only a wet and dry season?
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
500
What does an economic map tell you? (2 things)
How people make a living and the resources found in different locations
500
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Scale
500
Why does summer happen?
The part of Earth is tilted toward the sun