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Maps vocabulary 1
Weather Vocabulary 2
Climate Vocabulary 3
Regions Vocabulary 4
Maps vocabulary 5
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place
What is the characteristics of a location that make it different or unique
100
El Nino
What is large areas that have basically the same type of temperature and rainfall?
100
acid rain
What is chemicals in the air that combine with moisture to form rain that is harmful to plants and animals?
100
map scale
What is tells distance on a map compared to real life?
100
resource map
What is imaginary lines that wrap around the Earth from east to west and divide the Earth into sections north and south of the Equator.
200
regions
What are areas of the Earth's surface that have common characteristics?
200
place
What is the characteristics of a location that make it different or unique
200
deforestation
What is logging or cutting forest without replanting them; leads to climate changes and erosion of soil?
200
intermediate
What is NE, SE, SW, and NW
200
longitude
What is imaginary lines that go up and down connecting the poles and dividing the Earth into sections that are east or west of the Prime Meridian?
300
climate
What is a usual, predictable pattern of weather?
300
rainforest
What is warm, wet all year?
300
subarctic
What is short, mild summer, long, cold winter, little precipitation?
300
map key
What is tells the symbols and colors mean?
300
hemispheres
What is half of a ball or globe?
400
landforms
What is the shape of the land that can affect its weather and climate.
400
savanna
What is warm all year, dry in winter?
400
location
What is the position of a place on the Earth's surface?
400
map grid
What is divides the map into rows and columns?
400
physical map
What is shows where the mountains, rivers, and lakes are located?
500
weather
What is a change in temperature, precipitation, or wind that takes place over a short period of time.
500
marine
What is cool summers, mild winters, rainy
500
compass rose
What is tells direction on a map?
500
cardinal
What is N,E,S, and W
500
political map
What is shows borders or boundaries?