Famous examples
This is the tallest mountain on earth
What is Mt. Everest
A depression in the ground creates this body of water
what is a pond
This landform is surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent.
What is an island?
This is the line that goes around the earth and is closest to the sun.
What is the equator
This is the longest river
What is the Nile River
Volcanos form islands and plateaus in this way
What is magma settling and cooling over thousands of years
This landform is tall, but has a flat top
What is a plateau
Shows directions
What is a Compass
This is an island that is a Canadian province, and is also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
What is Prince Edward Island
Valleys are formed through this method.
What is river eroding the soil and rock.
Groundwater is used for this reason.
What is drinking water, irrigation, and agriculture
The distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator (horizontal)
What is latitude?
This river flows into Lake Erie through Southwestern Ontario, providing recreational opportunities, drinking water, and habitat for diverse wildlife.
What is the Grand River
This water source fills the cracks of rocks and soil from years of sediment.
What is ground water.
This water source is in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land, and may be connected through rivers.
What is a lake?
the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal parts vertically
what is the prime meridian
This is a famous manmade mountain with faces
Mt Rushmore
Glaciers are formed in this way
Snow accumulates faster than it melts, compacting it into dense ice that flows outward under its weight.
What is 600 m elevation or more, and steep, rugged peaks.
1 map projection name
what is Mercator projection, gall-peters projection, Cassini