Oceans
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
Which continent is the largest?
Asia
What is the equator?
0 degrees latitude, center of the Earth, splits Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the term for the exact position of a place on Earth?
Absolute location
What is a map key?
Shows what the symbols on a map mean
Name the ocean that is located between Africa and Australia.
Indian
Name the continent that is home to the Amazon Rainforest.
South America
What do we call the lines that run north and south on a map?
Longitude
What does relative location refer to?
Where something is in relation to something else
What is the purpose of a compass rose on a map?
Show direction
Which ocean is the smallest?
Arctic
Which continent is the smallest in size?
Australia
What is the line at 0 degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
Give an example of a relative location.
Various Answers ex. My house is down the corner from the park
What part of a map tells you what it is about?
Map title
How many oceans are there on Earth?
5
Which continent is located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?
Antarctica
What are the lines that run east to west?
Latitude
Give an example of absolute location
Ex. The school is 43 degrees N and 123 degrees W
What part of the map tells you how the distance on the map compared to the actual distance?
Map scale
What is the ocean between North America and Africa?
Atlantic
What continent is known for having the most countries?
Africa
How are latitude and longitude measured?
Degrees