A
North, South, East, West
cardinal directions
The area a given space on the map or globe corresponds to in the real world.
scale
Ways to show Earth on a flat surface
projections
A process involving huge blocks of Earth’s crust and upper mantle (tectonic plates)
plate tectonics
The condition of the air and sky at a certain time and place.
weather
The directions in between.
intermediate directions
Loss of accuracy in the size or position of objects
distortion
A point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
equinox
Seams in Earth’s crust
fault
The average weather of a place over many years.
climate
The position north or south of the equator
latitude
A process that breaks rocks down into tiny pieces
weathering
A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other
solstice
A. Molten rock
B. To migrate out of a place
A. magma
B. Emigrate
Low latitudes
tropics
Position in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian.
longitude
A process in which water, ice, or wind remove small pieces of rock and move them somewhere else
erosion
The process of depositing, or dropping, eroded material
deposition
The movement of water from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere and back again
water cycle
A. Middle latitudes
B. The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas
A. temperate zones
B. Urbanization
A. The development of machine-powered production and manufacturing
B. The loss of forest cover in a region
A. Industrialization
B. Deforestation
A. A useful material found in the environment
B. Formed over millions of years from the remains of plants and animals
A. natural resource
B. Fossil fuels
A. Similar communities of plants and animals
B. A group of plants and animals that depend on one another and their environment for survival
A. Biomes
B. Ecosystems
A. An intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics
B. Reasons that push people to leave their home country
A. tropical rainstorm
B. Push Factors
A. The winds that most frequently blow across a region
B. Attract people to new countries
A. prevailing winds
B. Pull Factors