Map Skills Row 1
What is Y on the map?
Antarctica
What is H on the map?
Greenland
What is B on the map?
Mt. McKinley
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?
70 percent
The process of moving moisture from the oceans to the land and back to the oceans again is called the hydrologic cycle.
True
What is W on the map?
Antarctic Circle
What is T on the map?
Equator
What is C on the map?
Pacific Ocean
What term is defined as a narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses?
isthmus
The Atlantic Ocean is the warmest Ocean
False: Indian Ocean
What is A on the map?
Arctic Ocean
What is V on the map?
International Date Line
What is X on the map?
Prime Meridian
Which climate zones have a wide range of temperatures and experience seasons?
Temperate
A country has an agrarian economy when most of its income is derived from agriculture.
True
What is G on the map?
Atlantic Ocean
What is O on the map?
Mt. Everest
What is U on the map?
Tropic of Capricorn
What is a triangular-shaped landform where a river fans out into smaller streams before it reaches the ocean?
delta
Climate refers to the changes that take place in the lower part of the earth's atmosphere in a localized area during a short period of time.
False: Weather
What is Q on the map?
Australia
What is L on the map?
Mt. Kilimanjaro
What is S on the map?
Tropic of Cancer
What current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe has a warming effect on the climate of Western Europe?
Gulf Steam
False: scale