What is an imaginary line that runs around the earth halfway between the North and South Poles; used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude???
100
one of the four major bodies of salt water that surround the continents
What is an ocean???
200
River
What is a large, natural stream of water that runs through the land?
200
land lying next to a sea or ocean
What is a seacoast???
200
large, thick body of slowly moving ice
What is a glacier???
200
distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees
What is Latitude?????
200
large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
What is a sea????
300
direction in which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth
What is a downstream???
300
area of low land between hills or mountains
What is a valley???
300
Mountain Range
What is a series of connected mountains???
300
Longitude
What is distance east or west of the Prime Meridian, measured in degrees??
300
Bay
What is part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
400
Upstream
What is the direction opposite flow of a river, toward the source of a river or stream?
400
area of flat or rolling land
What is a plateau???
400
a mountain created as liquid rock or ash erupts from inside the earth
What is a volcano????
400
Meridian
What is one of the many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole???
400
Sea Level
What is the position on land level with the surface of a nearby ocean or sea???
500
Strait
What is a narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water??
500
Area of land drained by a given river and its branches; area of land surrounded by lands of higher elevation.
What is a basin??
500
Land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 feet [305m] or more) from surrounding land; generally larger and more rugged than a hill
What is a mountain???
500
Prime Meridian
What is the line of the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; starting point for measuring degrees of east and west longitude???
500
Ocean Current
What is the stream of either cold or warm water that moves in a definite direction through an ocean????