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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Climate stuff
Map Stuff
Potpourri
100
The study of earth is also called this
What is GEOGRAPHY?
100
A huge block of Earth’s Crust
What is a PLATE?
100
Earth’s tilt causes this.
What are SEASONS?
100
Latitude and longitude help geographers identify this.
What is ABSOLUTE LOCATION?
100
Moderate Climates are generally found here.
What are the MIDDLE LATITUDES?
200
East-West circles, or lines of this describe location
What is LATITUDE?
200
This is a Circular Motion
What is REVOLUTION?
200
Most of Earth’s surface is covered by this.
What is WATER?
200
The most accurate way to show Earth’s continents and bodies of water is with this.
What is a GLOBE?
200
There is a lot of vegetation in a rain forest because of a lot of these two things.
What is SUNLIGHT and WATER?
300
North, South, East, and West
What are CARDINAL DIRECTIONS?
300
How hot or cold the air is called this
What is TEMPERATURE?
300
As the huge pieces of Earth’s crust move, Earth’s surface does this.
What is CHANGE?
300
The reason why there are always distortions in maps
What is THE EARTH IS ROUND & MAPS ARE FLAT?
300
Vegetation in humid continental climates is primarily (mostly) this.
What are FORESTS and GRASSLANDS?
400
Lines of longitude are also called this.
What are MERIDIANS?
400
Condition of air and sky from day to day
What is WEATHER?
400
Earth’s climate is affected by latitude, landforms, and a combination of these two things.
What are WIND and WATER?
400
Distortion in maps may change the shape of these.
What are LANDMASSES?
400
On a climograph, temperature is graphed with this.
What is a LINE GRAPH?
500
Representation of Earth’s rounded surface on a flat one
What is PROJECTION?
500
Vegetation that needs very little water
What is DESERT SCRUB?
500
Without wind and water working together, Earth would have this problem.
What is OVERHEAT IN PLACES?
500
This is where you look to find out how distances on maps compare to actual distances on land.
What is the SCALE BAR?
500
The climate in Peoria, Illinois is best described as this climate zone.
What is TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE?