Vocabulary
Hemispheres
Zones & Tropics
Continents and Oceans
Degrees
100
These lines run East to West.
What is LATITUDE?
100
What hemisphere is above the equator.
What is the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE?
100
The Tropic of _______ is at 23 1/2 degrees North
WHAT is THE TROPIC OF CANCER?
100
I am an ocean found on the west coast of the US and East coast of China.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
66.3 degrees South of the Equator is THIS important line of latitude.
What is the Antarctic Circle?
200
What is the part of a map that explains or "unlocks" information within the map?
The map KEY or Legend
200
This continent is in the southernmost part of the Southern Hemisphere.
Where is ANTARCTICA?
200
The zone or area that ranges from the Equator to 23 and1/2 degrees North latitude and 23 and 1/2 degrees South latitude.
What is THE TROPICAL Zone (or Tropics)?
200
A continent located at the South Pole.
What is ANTARCTICA?
200
0 degrees longitude is this important line on a globe or a map.
What is the Prime Meridian?
300
The dividing line that separates the Northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere.
What is the EQUATOR.
300
The hemisphere to the right of the Prime Meridian as you look at a map or globe.
What is the EASTERN HEMISPHERE?
300
Four seasons (summer, fall, winter and spring) are found in this climate zone.
What is in the Temperate Zone?
300
The ocean between North America and Africa
What is Atlantic Ocean.
300
What important line of latitude is found at 66.3 degrees N of the equator?
What is the Arctic Circle.
400
The name for a person who MAKES maps.
What is a CARTOGRAPHER?
400
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the 2 equal parts called the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.
What is the EQUATOR?
400
This is the coldest climate zone on Earth.
What is the POLAR Zone!
400
The largest continent of the seven.
What is Asia?
400
40 degrees North, 60 degrees West
Where is the Atlantic Ocean?
500
WEATHER or CLIMATE: Which vocabulary term describes the SHORT TERM status of the atmosphere with regard to heat, cloudiness, rainfall, and more.
Weather!
Climate is the overall weather and atmosphere tracked over a looooong period of time!
500
This important line of latitude lies in the southern hemisphere at 23 1/2 degrees.
What is TROPIC OF CAPRICORN?
500
The 2 continents that are found in both the Tropical Zone and the Southern Hemisphere.
What is South America and Australia?
500
The continent found to the west of the Indian Ocean.
What is Australia?
500
Found at about 25 degrees South, 140 degrees East.
0 degrees
Where is Australia!