Planet Earth
Oceans & Continents
Maps and Regions
Vocabulary
Latitude & Longitude
100
A sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth
What is the Core?
100
this ocean is located between Africa and Antartica.
What is Southern Ocean?
100
this region can be either cold or warm, but is arid and can sometimes have little or no vegetation.
What is a desert?
100
This map is a picture taken by a satellite .
What is an Aerial Map?
100
what line of latitude measures 0 degrees.
What is equator?
200
The Prime Meridian
What divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
200
This is located on the coast of California?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
What is a Physical Map.
What type of map shows elevation?
200
Someone who makes maps
What is a cartographer?
200
these lines run North and South, but measure East and West.
What are lines of longitude?
300
the sun warming and heating the water causes this stage of the water cycle.
What is evaporation?
300
These two continents are and always have been connected.
What are Europe and Asia?
300
This map shows the boundaries of states and countries
What is a Political Map?
300
this is a natural resource found in rocks.
What is a mineral resource?
300
these lines run East and West, but measure North and South.
What are lines of latitude?
400
This is an underground river.
What is an aquafer?
400
This is located between North America and Europe?
What is the Atlantic Ocean.
400
What is the Global Grid
What grid do the lines of Latitude and Longitude make?
400
When a resource is limited it is this.
What is scarce?
400
these two astronomical lines hold the tropics.
What is the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?
500
This is another name for a run off.
What is Infiltration?
500
This is located between Africa and Australia.
What is The Indian Ocean?
500
This map shows temperature.
What is a Climate map?
500
A natural resource that is or was living.
What is a Biological Resource?
500
The Prime Merridian and the Equator divide the globe into sections. These sections are called these.
What are Hemispheres?